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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian Creator Dates/Places: Gandharan Creator Active Place: Gandharan Creator Name-CRT: Gandharan Title: Kneeling Figure View: Full View Creation Start Date: 300 Creation End Date: 499 Creation Date: 4th-5th century Creation Place: Afghanistan Object Type: Sculpture Materials and Techniques: Stucco with traces of pigment Dimensions: H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm) AMICA Contributor: Asia Society Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 1979.004 Credit Line: Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection Rights: http://www.asiasociety.org Context: This sculpture, which most likely represents a female donor, was once part of a larger scene. Her clothing identifies her as a laywoman and a member of the ruling warrior class known as the kshatriyas. She holds a large sash, probably made of an expensive material, and a piece of fruit. It is likely that she was once shown offering gifts to an image of a buddha. Stucco sculptures such as this one, which probably would have been attached to the exterior of a building, have been excavated in large numbers around the city of Hadda in present-day Afghanistan. The use of stucco reveals Western influences--introduced when Alexander the Great conquered the Gandhara region in the 4th century BCE--and appears to have been most common from the 3rd through the 5th centuries. Such sculptures were first modeled in clay and covered with a thin layer of gypsum plaster. Then a thinner, finer stucco was applied and modeled to form the facial features and other delicate details. These sculptures were also often covered with a gluey plaster called gesso and painted. Traces of a red checkered pattern are visible on the tunic and skirt of this kneeling woman. This technique for making stucco sculptures to decorate buildings is believed to have originated in Alexandria, in part to replace the more expensive and labor-intensive marble sculptures common in the Greco-Roman world. Related Document Description: Asia Society. Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. New York: Asia Society, [1981], p. 8. Related Document Description: Czuma, Stanislaw J. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 24, 25, 217, 219, 220. Related Document Description: Lee, Sherman E. Asian Art: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd-Part II. New York: Asia Society, 1975, pp. 11, 20. Related Document Description: Young, Mahonri Sharp. 'Letter from the U.S.A.: The Second Seventy.' Apollo (February 1975), pp. 136, 139. AMICA ID: ASIA.1979.004 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, Asia Society AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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