Sujet
Section of a Coping Rail, 1st century. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Section of a Coping Rail, 1st century. The bells are intended to evoke the sounds that once accompanied the sacred space as much as visual ornamentation. A lion and a leonine figure with a human face bound enthusiastically as part of a parade of creatures who circle the monument in the proscribed clockwise direction. The exaggerated linear outlining of their features and the flatness of their bodies are stylistic features of relief sculpture from this period. The motif in the center has vegetal fronds symmetrically springing from a lotus rosette in the form of an auspicious symbol called shrivatsa, which is also found on the chests of Jinas-liberated beings of the Jain tradition-and the Hindu god Vishnu.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G03_446
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
55,8Mo (4,9Mo) / 53,5cm x 26,1cm / 6317 x 3087 (300dpi)