Collection

Last Existence: Princely Life; male figures

Part of a frieze relief with two superimposed registers, the lower one showing two scenes from the Princely Life, the upper one male figures in various attitudes. The registers are separated by a straight festoon with lozenges. Both the base and cornice consist of a projecting band, the former is …

Unidentified scenes

Part of a relief with two unidentified scenes. The base consists of a plain fillet, and the cornice is decorated with a row of reverse, bordered rounded petals. The scenes are separated by a framed pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a short flute on the shaft. A rectangular socket …

Buddha and devotees; male figures

Part of a frieze relief with two superimposed registers, the lower one showing the buddha and devotee and the remains of another scene, the upper one a row of male figures. The registers are separated by a festoon between two plain fillets. The base is plain. The cornice is decorated …

Male figures

Fragment of a relief showing two male figures. The cornice originally consisted of a plain fillet. A male figure is sitting frontal with his head slightly turned towards the left. His right hand is resting on the knee, and his left is probably holding a container. The figure has round …

Therianthropic figure

A bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure. The back face shows horizontal tool marks. The figure is sitting with the right leg raised and the left folded. The right hand is close to the ear, and the left hand probably bears a club, of which the handle and the outline …

Therianthropic figure

A bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure. The back face shows vertical tool marks. The figure is sitting with his right leg raised and the left extended outwards. The right hand is raised, and the left is resting on the knee. The figure has elephant legs and pig ears. The …

Buddha

A dividing element showing a buddha against the shaft of a semi-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. A rectangular tenon is carved on the bottom face. The buddha is standing frontal. His right hand is in abhayamudrā, his left is holding an edge of the saṃghāti. This latter features an oval …

Male devotee

A fragment of a relief preserving a male devotee. On the left is a framed semi-column of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type with zoomorphic (back-to-back bulls?) capital. The base consists of a plain fillet. The cornice was originally decorated with a row of saw teeth, of which only a portion remains on …

Last Existence: Return to Kapilavastu or Bridal Procession

A fragment of a relief originally showing a scene from the Last Existence, either the Return to Kapilavastu or the Bridal Procession. The base consists of a plain fillet and the cornice of two superimposed plain fillets. The scene preserves two horses walking towards their right and harnessed to a …

Buddha and devotees

A harmikā showing a buddha and devotees on each side. All the scenes are encased by a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a short flute on the shaft. The base consists of a projecting plain band. The cornice is decorated with a row of upright ogival leaves. A circular …

Rosette

A harmikā depicting a rosette on each side. The base consists of a projecting plain band. The cornice is decorated with a row of upright ogival leaves. A circular hole for the pinnacle is pierced in the body's centre. Drawing lines can be seen on the bottom face. On two …

Elephant

A projecting figured bracket depicting an elephant. The projecting part of the figure rests on a plain base. Both the tenon and socket for wall are preserved. The elephant is standing with the trunk folded down. The animal’s features include spotted skin, small elongated eyes, and a penis.

Winged figure

A bracket-spacer depicting a winged male figure. The back face shows vertical tool marks. The figure is squatting on a projecting base with both hands resting on the knees. He is naked. The shoulders are prominent, and the overall musculature is rendered in sharp volumes. The wings are defined by …

Therianthropic figure

A bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure. He is sitting with the legs bent inwards so that the feet touch the groin. The right hand is resting on the leg, and the left is outstretched to touch the ground. He possibly wears a laṅgoṭī, remains of which can be seen …

Buddhas

Fragment of a relief, possibly a cornice, originally depicting a row of buddhas, of which only a figure and the partial outline of another one are preserved. The base is plain, the cornice consists of two projecting and superimposed fillets. The back face shows vertical tool marks. Drawing lines are …

Buddha and devotee

Fragment of a harmika preserving a buddha with a devotee on one side, and a devotee on the other. Both scenes were framed by a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a short flute on the shaft. The projecting base is plain, the cornice is carved with a row of …

Last Existence: First Sermon; Buddha's death; female figures

Part of a frieze relief preserving two superimposed registers, the lower one showing scenes from the Last Existence and the upper one two female pairs. The registers are separated by a parapet of a balcony decorated with a chequered grid with alternating relief squares between two plain fillets and interrupted …

Last Existence: Birth Cycle

Part of a relief preserving a scene and the scanty remains of another one, both from the Birth Cycle. The base originally consisted of a projecting (plain?) fillet, the cornice is decorated with a row of ogival upright leaf-and-dart. The scenes are separated by a framed semi-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian …

Buddha with devotees; adoration of the alms-bowl

A simple false niche showing three generic scenes. The lower nave is divided from the upper voluted, pseudotrefoil arch by a row of ogival leaves. The frame of the pseudotrefoil arch is groved. The semi arches are separated from the upper part by a row of dentils. The top arch …