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Niche jamb - Amorous Figures
Niche jamb - Amorous Figures

Niche jamb - Amorous Figures

Dateca. 8th-9th Century
Object number64.23
Exhibition HistoryPortland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 74Published References"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 74
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions25 x 8 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (63.5 x 20.96 x 10.8 cm) Overall h.: 28 3/8 in. Overall w.: 9 in.
MediumSandstone
Photo: Paul Macapia
Polynesian
Object number: 52.99
Uma-Maheshvara (the god Shiva and his wife Parvati)
Indian
late 10th to early 11th century
Object number: 38.23
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Indian
ca. 12th century
Object number: 74.17
The avatars Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, and Narasimha
Indian
10th century
Object number: 39.32
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Indian
ca. late 10th to early 11th century
Object number: 39.33
Yakshi (female fertility spirit)
Indian
ca. 2nd century
Object number: 44.62
Rishabhanatha, the first Jina, and other tirthankaras
Indian
first half of the 10th century
Object number: 50.58
Matrikas
Indian
ca. 9th century
Object number: 68.118
Capital fragment
Indian
ca. 10th century
Object number: 64.116
A pair of devata
ca. 13th century
Object number: 40.23