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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period (AD 1–320) technique: schist department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara type: Stone find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 24.5 x 61 x 14 cm (9 5/8 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Taiyo Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to John and Maxeen Flower) date: ?-July 2006 footnotes: citations: Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928-2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: July 2006-2011 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2011- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.140/2011.140_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.140/2011.140_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.140/2011.140_full.tif