id:			150993
accession number:	1982.44
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.44
updated:		2025-04-30 11:28:30.301000

Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing, c. 150 BCE. India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period. Plum-colored sandstone; overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1982.44

title:				Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing
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creation date:			c. 150 BCE
creation date earliest:		-200
creation date latest:		-100
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga period
technique:	plum-colored sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga, Bharhut
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed on recto: "Mitasa suchi danam"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Sensuous Immortals</em>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (October 25, 1977–January 15, 1978); Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (March 9–April  1978); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (May 26–July 30, 1978); Nelson Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, MO (September 15–October 29, 1978).', 'opening_date': '1977-10-25T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Pan-Asian Collection, New York, NY
	date: ?-1982
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	(Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pal, Pratapaditya.<em> The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection.</em> Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 1
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	Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review for 1982." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 1 (1983): 3-55.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 99, pp. 26 and 53; Reproduced: no. 99, p. 27
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799

	Clarke, Victoria. <em>Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom.</em> London; New York : Phaidon Press Limited, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 274
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	“Exhibitions through November 2022.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 62, no. 3 (September 2022): 13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 13.
	url:		

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