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Medallions and winged lions
Medallions and winged lions

Medallions and winged lions

Date2nd-3rd century
Object number51.95
Provenance[C.T. Loo, New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), February 14, 1951
Exhibition HistoryPhoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, The Image of Buddhist Asia, 1963-64. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing. Published ReferencesTrubner, Henry, William J. Rathbun and C.A. Kaputa. "Asiatic Art in the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1973, p. 90, no. 3 Video: The Splendour of Andhra Art. Hyderabad, India: Supreme Court of India, 2000 Website: World Corpus of Amaravati Sculpture. http://www.basas.org.uk/site/index.php/our_work/page/689aaf33-c326-4090-a60d-dc6950adffa5/
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions17 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 2 in. (44.77 x 21.27 x 5.08 cm) Overall h.: 19 1/4 in. H. of base: 1 5/8 in. Length of base: 8 7/8 in. W. of base: 3 1/8 in.
MediumLimestone
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