Indian sculpture: A catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection

296 Pages·1986·37.07 MB·English

by  Pratapaditya Pal

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Indian Sculpture

Volume
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circa 500 B.c.-A.D. 700
Indian Sculpture
by Pratapaditya Pal
A Catalogue ofthe Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Collection
Los Angeles County Museum ofArt
in association with
University ofCalifornia Press
Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London
SAUSALITO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Copublished by the This project is supported in part by agrant
Los Angeles County Museum ofAft from the National Endowment for the Arts.
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036 Catalogue entries are keyed to a letter-number
and system, with the letters C and S representing,
University ofCalifornia Press respectively, Coins and Sculptures.
Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London
In the transliteration ofnames and terms,
©
Illustrations copyright 1986 diacritical marks have been omitted, except in
by Museum Associates, the Bibliography and Index; they also have been
Los Angeles County Museum ofArt. retained in selected words used only once.
All rights reserved.
No part ofthe contents ofthis book Dimensions are in inches (in) and centimeters
may be reproduced (cm), height preceding width, unless otherwise
without permission ofthe publishers. indicated. For most sculptures, height is the
only dimension provided.
Edited by Kathleen Preciado
Designed by Renee Cossutta andJudith Lausten Cover: Railing Pillar with Figures,
Photography byJeffrey Conley Mathura, first century, S55.
and Department ofPhotographic Services,
Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Library ofCongress Cataloging
Typeset in Garamond typefaces in Publication Data
by Continental Typographies, Inc.,
Chatsworth, California Pal, Pratapaditya.
Printed in an edition of Indian sculpture.
4,000 softcover and 750 hardcover
by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Japan Bibliography: v. 1, p.
Includes index.
Contents: v. 1. Circ—a 500 B.C.-A.D. 700.
1. Sculptur—e, Indie Cat—alogs. 2. Sculpture
California Los Angeles Catalogs.
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3. Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Catalogs.
I. Los Angeles County Museum ofArt. II. Title.
ISBN0-87587-129-1 (v. 1 : pbk.)
ISBN 0-520-05991-3 (v. 1 : Univ. ofCalif. Press)
ISBN 0-520-05992-1 (v. 1 : Univ. ofCalif. Press : pbk.)
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Contents
Foreword
7 Earl A. Powell in
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 1
General Introduction
13
History
1
24 Religion
32 Image and Idea
39 Symbols and Myths
48 Color Plates
Numismatic Art
65
67 Introduction
81 Catalogue
119 Sculpture Age of the Mauryas, Indo-Greeks, and Sungas
121 Introduction
125 Catalogue
Age of the Kushans and Satavahanas
151 Introduction
155 Catalogue
Age ofthe Guptas
211 Introduction
2 5 Catalogue
1
Chronology
273
Bibliography
275
Index
283