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| Keywords: Gandharan - Architectural Fragment - Walters 2548.jpg The lower portion of an Indo-Corinthian pilaster capital this fragment presents a central femal figure carrying an offering surrounded by highly plastic and nearly symetrical leaves The figure likely a yakshi or female nature spirit wears a high-girdled close fitting chiton with short sleeves fashionable during Hellenistic times A complex hair style draws attention to her distinctly Western face while large grape-cluster earrings popular in India hang down toward her shoulders ca 2nd century Kushan schist cm 21 5 55 1 accession number 25 48 4236 Frank Caro New York Walters Art Museum 1964 by purchase Museum purchase 1964 place of origin Mahajanapada in South Asia Walters Art Museum license Art of Gandhara in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 2nd-century art of India | ||||
