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Architectural Panel with a Celestial Nymph or Goddess of Abundance5th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Architectural Panel with a Celestial Nymph or Goddess of Abundance
Place Made: India, Uttar Pradesh, Ahichchhatra (?)
Date Made: 5th century
Medium: Reddish brown earthenware with traces of paint
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (20.96 x 24.13 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds
Accession Number: AC1993.239.6
Classification: Architecture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: This fragmentary earthenware panel originally adorned the exterior of a brick temple made during the Gupta Dynasty (319-467 CE). It depicts a celestial nymph (apsaras) or goddess of abundance reclining behind an auspicious overflowing pot (purna ghata) disgorging jewels. The divine being has the full, inflated facial features of Gupta-period figures and the Gupta haute couture hairstyle of coiled ringlets (alaka) framing the face. Her right hand is raised but the gesture or attribute is unidentifiable due to damage. Her left hand rests on her hip. The figure is encircled by a foliated scroll (patralata).
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya. Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy: Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter Grounds Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Architectural Panel with a Celestial Nymph or Goddess of Abundance
Place Made: India, Uttar Pradesh, Ahichchhatra (?)
Date Made: 5th century
Medium: Reddish brown earthenware with traces of paint
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (20.96 x 24.13 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds
Accession Number: AC1993.239.6
Classification: Architecture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: This fragmentary earthenware panel originally adorned the exterior of a brick temple made during the Gupta Dynasty (319-467 CE). It depicts a celestial nymph (apsaras) or goddess of abundance reclining behind an auspicious overflowing pot (purna ghata) disgorging jewels. The divine being has the full, inflated facial features of Gupta-period figures and the Gupta haute couture hairstyle of coiled ringlets (alaka) framing the face. Her right hand is raised but the gesture or attribute is unidentifiable due to damage. Her left hand rests on her hip. The figure is encircled by a foliated scroll (patralata).
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya. Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy: Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter Grounds Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.