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| Fragmentary Coping Stone with Female, 2nd century India: Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 100-199 Sandstone 19 x 18 in. (48.3 x 45.7 cm) Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Drs. Robert and Ann Walzer P.1999.07 © 2012 Norton Simon Museum Not on view This sculpture was once part of a Buddhist monument and depicts a beautiful woman within a trifoliate arch. The shape of this arch, known as a chaitya window and resembling a pointed horseshoe, became popular during the Kushana period (1st - 4th centuries). |
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