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Worshippers Giving Offerings to the Bodhi Tree - 1970.43_print
"Worshippers Giving Offerings to the Bodhi Tree," on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Gallery 242A, is a distinctive sculpture from Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati; made during the Satavahana Period (c. 100 BC - c. AD 200). Crafted from limestone, the dimensions of the piece are 80 x 57.1 cm (31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). The sculpture depicts centrally the sacred Bodhi tree, surrounded at its base by an ornamental square railing, with worshippers on both sides offering water from pots. The piece was a purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.43. The image is in the Public Domain and can be seen on the museum's website: www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.43
Worshippers Giving Offerings to the Bodhi Tree - 1970.43_print
"Worshippers Giving Offerings to the Bodhi Tree," on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Gallery 242A, is a distinctive sculpture from Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati; made during the Satavahana Period (c. 100 BC - c. AD 200). Crafted from limestone, the dimensions of the piece are 80 x 57.1 cm (31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). The sculpture depicts centrally the sacred Bodhi tree, surrounded at its base by an ornamental square railing, with worshippers on both sides offering water from pots. The piece was a purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.43. The image is in the Public Domain and can be seen on the museum's website: www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.43