| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Allahabad Museum, Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | NM-ALH-UP-23856 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Railing Post with a Yaksa figure |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Sculpture - प्रतिमा |
| Dynasty /वंश | Sunga - शुंग |
| Period / तारीख/युग | |
| Style / शैली | |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Bhita, Allahabad District |
| Material / सामग्री | Sandstone - बलुआ पत्थर |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Display |
| 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 | 58 x 21 x 14.5 cm (out side pedestal) |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | The figure has a full belly; the lower garment is decorated with small incised circles and is secured around the waist by the two ends of the cloth tied in a knot visible over the left leg. The bracelets consist of two rows of heavy beads, and the Yaksa holds the ends of a triple-stranded necklace in his two upraised hands as though about to wear it around his neck. The earrings are unusual and appear simply to be stalks passed through the earlobes. The head-dress consists of a fillet with three projecting plumes. The face is full, with narrow slanting eyes; the nose is broad, and the lips are thick. The entire physiognomy is reminiscent of the dwarf atlantes on the western gateway of Stupa I at Sanchi and on the southern gateway of Stupa III The lower portion of the pelt is missing but the tenon which held the coping in place is visible. On the sides are two sockets to receive the cross-bars of the railing. The back is plain. |
| 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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