| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Allahabad Museum,Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | NM-ALH-UP-120711 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Buddha bust stele fragment |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Sculpture - प्रतिमा |
| Dynasty /वंश | Gupta - गुप्त |
| Period / तारीख/युग | |
| Style / शैली | |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Village Bihar Pratapgarh District |
| Material / सामग्री | Sandstone - बलुआ पत्थर |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Reserve Showcase |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | |
| Weight(gm) / भार | |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | 37 x 14 cm |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | The sculpture is broken so that only the head and part of the right shoulder remain.The Buddha, nimbate, wears a diaphanous samghati with raised ridges depicting folds as are found on Buddha images of the Gupta period from Mathura. Folds of this type are not generally seen on images from this area. The face has plump cheeks, a bow-shaped mouth, and raised eye-brows. The folds of flesh on the neck are emphasized. A flying Deva bearing a garland can be seen above the figure. Part of the cross-bar of a throne back can be seen in low relief behind the right shoulder. Stylistically this head is reminiscentury of Sarnath images made after the fifth century A.D. |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | |
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