id:			149913
accession number:	1980.15
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:13.432000

Bracket with Two Musicians, AD 100s. Pakistan, Gandhara, probably Butkara in Swat, Kushan Period (1st century-320). Schist; overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1980.15

title:				Bracket with Two Musicians
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creation date:			AD 100s
creation date earliest:		100
creation date latest:		199
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Pakistan, Gandhara, probably Butkara in Swat, Kushan Period (1st century-320)
technique:	schist
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
	opening date:   1985-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Julian Sherrier, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1980
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1980–
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wall description:
This vaulted bracket, with acanthus leaves on the side, is decorated with a musician-couple who stand on a lotus pedestal. The bearded male plays a sitar-like instrument, while his companion holds a clapper-type percussion instrument similar to the <em>kartal</em> (still used today to accompany dancing in some parts of India, such as Orissa). Both figures wear heavily draped robes that consist of two garments: an outer one—like the classical Greek himation—and the inner one, ankle length on the male and floor length on the female. The man's head is covered with a cap or a hood, while the young woman wears her hair pulled into a chignon and decorated with a garland. She also wears heavy earrings. The bracket or corbel of this type, originally probably placed fairly high, seems to be a particularly appropriate component for being decorated with celestial, heavenly musicians. The style that it represents makes one think of the Romanesque or Gothic sculpture of medieval Europe. It is quite characteristic for the Swat area, particularly around Batkara, where Domenico Faccenna conducted extensive archaeological excavations. A number of comparable pieces, including voluted brackets, are decorated with acanthus leaves and figures of diverse type, some of which are celestial musicians who hold the same instruments. The facial types represented here are almost identical to some of the figures from Batkara.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1980." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (1981): 163-219.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 284, p. 218; Reproduced: no. 284, p. 200
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 94, p. 181
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	Kurita, Isao 栗田功. <em>Gandhāran art </em>[ガンダ-ラ美術 = Gandāra bijutsu]. Vol. 2. The world of the Buddha [佛陀の世界 = Budda no sekai]. Tōkyō: Nigensha, 1988.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 2, fig. 690, p. 231
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	Kenoyer, Jonathan M., and Kimberley Burton Heuston. <em>The Ancient South Asian World</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 156
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