id:			169256
accession number:	2011.140
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.140
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:47.508000

Bacchanalian Relief, AD 200s. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period (AD 1–320). Schist; overall: 24.5 x 61 x 14 cm (9 5/8 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma 2011.140

title:				Bacchanalian Relief
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creation date:			AD 200s
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		299
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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culture:	Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period (AD 1–320)
technique:	schist
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Stone
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measurements: Overall: 24.5 x 61 x 14 cm (9 5/8 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Taiyo Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to John and Maxeen Flower)
	date: ?-July 2006
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	Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928-2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: July 2006-2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011-
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wall description:
Grape vines create vignettes with scenes of drunken revelry on this architectural carving that once fit by joinery to other carved stone blocks at the base of a Buddhist monument. Bacchus himself, the Greco-Roman god of wine, may be the third figure from the left; bearded, portly, and inebriated, his garment slips as he collapses. Cupid and Aphrodite appear in the vignette on the right next to an amorous couple. On the side is a female nature divinity, grasping the branch of a tree, but unlike her counterparts from farther south in India, she is clothed in a long tunic, pants, and scarf associated with the dress of the Central Asian nomadic groups.
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