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Procession of Non-Buddhists

Procession of Non-Buddhists

1–100 CE
schist
Overall: 16 x 53 cm (6 5/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1930.328.3
Location: 242A Ancient India

Did You Know?

A mason's mark incised at the far right would indicate the position where this panel should be placed in the monument.

Description

The naked figures may be followers of a non-Buddhist religion, such as the Jain or Ajivika. The figures with unusual hairstyles may be depictions of actors from a theatrical troupe. The mood of the procession is joyous, led by a bejeweled nude man clapping his hands to the accompaniment of a wind instrument.
  • ?–1930
    (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1930–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. C. “Indian Sculpture.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 17, no. 10, 1930, pp. 190–198. Mentioned: pp. 190-93; Reproduced: p. 197 www.jstor.org
    Stites, Raymond S. The Arts and Man. New York: Whittlesey House, 1940. Reproduced: fig. 416b, p. 501
    Lyons, Islay, and Harald Ingholt. Gandhāran Art in Pakistan. [New York]: Pantheon Books, 1957. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 26, 160, pl. IV, no. 1
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 740 archive.org
    Rosenfield, John M. The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. Reproduced: fig. 58
    Fabri, Charles Louis. Discovering Indian Sculpture: A Brief History. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1970. Mentioned: p. 45; Reproduced: pl. 19, p. 31
    Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Mentioned: pp. 172-174; Reproduced: cat. no. 87, p. 173
  • Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 1945-February 4, 1946).
  • {{cite web|title=Procession of Non-Buddhists|url=false|author=|year=1–100 CE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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