Amaravati: Garland Bearer
Limestone
Amaravati: Garland Bearer
INDIA, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati; Satavahana period
The relief was originally part of a railing at Amaravati. It features a large flower garland interspersed with various characters. A male figure in the center with legs bending beneath the weight of the garland supports it with his right arm. Three more male figures, located on the left, are cavorting on a fold of the garland above a medallion, and one of them carries offerings in a bowl on his head. A creature with the jaws of a crocodile and an elephant’s head is at the bottom right-hand corner where the garland is seemingly emerging from its mouth. These creatures, known as makaras, are often found on stupas built during the earlier periods.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 16.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Amaravati: Garland Bearer." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 16.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amaravati: Garland Bearer" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:16.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amaravati: Garland Bearer. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 16).
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