Makara - Architectural Fragment / Artist Unknown, India
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.161
- Title
- Makara - Architectural Fragment
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Object Creation Date
- 400-499
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Period
- Gupta
- Dimensions
- 18.42 cm x 34.93 cm x 9.84 cm (7 1/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. x 3 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 5th century
- Physical Description
- The head of a makara sea creature with large swirled waves behind it.
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- mythology
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- sculpture
- sculpture by material
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.161
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.161/2012_2_161.tif
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"Makara - Architectural Fragment; Artist Unknown, India." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.161/2012_2_161.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.