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A MOTTLED RED SANDSTONE RELIEF OF A COUPLE CENTRAL INDIA, MATHURA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 2ND CENTURY 11 ? in. (28.5 cm.) wide
The present relief depicts a couple in adoration: the male figure holds his hands before his chest, leaning forward to gaze down upon the subject of his veneration, and his female companion clutches a bouquet of flowers. She is adorned with jewelry typical of the Mathuran period, with several bangles running up her forearm, and heavy, lotiform earrings dangling from her earlobes. Both figures are cut off at waist level by a railing resembling those commonly found at early Buddhist stupas, such as at Sanchi; such railings (vedikas), were carved from stone, but their origins were in earlier prototypes carved from wood.