id:			146976
accession number:	1972.366
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.366
updated:		2024-04-10 11:01:07.324000

Section of a Coping Rail, c. 150 BCE. India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period. Sandstone; overall: 30.5 x 122 cm (12 x 48 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1972.366

title:				Section of a Coping Rail
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creation date:			c. 150 BCE
creation date earliest:		-187
creation date latest:		-100
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga, Bharhut
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 122 cm (12 x 48 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Tree and Serpent: The Evolution of Early Buddhist Art in India
	opening date:   2023-07-17T04:00:00
	<i>Tree and Serpent: The Evolution of Early Buddhist Art in India</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (July 17-November 13, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972–
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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115.
	page number: 	Mentioned: fig. 316, p. 115
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 286
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n306

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n26

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 108–109
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	Guy, John. <em>Tree &amp; Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. </em>Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 41, cat. 11
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