Kumara-Skanda
5th century
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
This elaborately haloed head and upper torso of a smiling youth has been tentatively identified as lndra, on the basis of his headdress and attributes: the stem of a flower in the figure's right hand and the placement of the attribute in his left, possibly a vajra, one of Indra's implements.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Terracotta relief plaque
- Medium
- terracotta, relief, plaque
- Locations
- Place made: Ahichchhatra, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Period
- Gupta Period
- Dimensions
- 17 in. (43.2 cm) mount: 12 1/2 × 9 × 4 3/4 in. (31.8 × 22.9 × 12.1 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 78.247.2
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bernice and Robert Dickes
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
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