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Article
'Aśokan' Pillars: A Reassessment of the Evidence - IV: Symbolism
11/1976 | 884 | 118
Pages: 734+736-751+753
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Irwin, John (Irwin, John; Irwin, J.)
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Non-western art unattributed:
10. Base of Garuda-Pillar in Temple Compound, Nepal, Showing Shaft Resting on Tortoise. Photo: Robert Skelton.
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Drawing for Wall-Painting at Wedding Ceremony. Mithila District North Bihar. Contemporary Folk-Art. Photo: National Museum, New Delhi.
Non-western art unattributed:
12. The Teaching Buddha. Gandhāra, North-West India. Second-Fourth Century A. D. Carved Schist.
Non-western art unattributed:
13. The Buddha Preaching to the Bodhisattvas. Relief Outside Kārlī Cave-Temple, Deccan. About Fifth Century A. D. Photo: Dr. Gritli v. Mitterwallner.
Non-western art unattributed:
14. The Sānchī Lion Capital. (Sānchī Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Bronze Image of Four Addorsed Lions Found by Cunningham at Mānikyāla.
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Celebration of Indra Festival Showing Indra Worshipped as Pillar.
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Close-Up of Lion Emblem on Vaiśālī Pillar (Pre-Aśokan Type). (Still in Situ at Vaiśālī, Bihar).
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Close-Up of One of the Four Lions on Sārnāth Capital. (Sārnāth Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Gold Rhyton. Achaemenid, c.500 B. C.
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Standard-Bearer Carrying a Dhvaja. Relief from Bhārhūt.
Non-western art unattributed:
21. The Rāmpurvā Bull-Capital (Pre-Aśokan Type).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. The Sankīsā Elephant-Capital (Pre-Aśokan).
Non-western art unattributed:
23. The Sārnāth Capital. (Sārnāth Museum). Probably the Last Aśokan Pillar.
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Relief Depicting Pillar of Law. Amārāvatī, First Century B. C. or Later. Limestone. (British Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Relief Depicting Lion-Pillar. Amārāvatī, First Century B. C. or Later. Limestone. (British Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Sacred Pillar in Irrigation Pond. North Bihar.
Non-western art unattributed:
C. Marriage Pillar (Manistambha) of Painted Wood, in a Water-Pot of Painted Earthenware. From Maharashtra Modern.
Non-western art unattributed:
F. Left: King Ashurbanipal (668-626 B. C.) Hunting. Detail from a Limestone Relief from Nineveh. (British Museum). Right: The Horse from the Abacus of the Sārnāth Pillar.
Western art unattributed:
A. The Cosmic Pillar.
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B. The Rain Cycle.
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D. The Cosmic Pillar Founded in the Cosmic Ocean, at the Navel of the Earth.
Western art unattributed:
E. Diagram to Show the Reason for the Indian Tendency to Focus Southward with Sunrise on the Left.
Article
'Aśokan' Pillars: A Re-Assessment of the Evidence - III: Capitals
10/1975 | 871 | 117
Pages: 631-643
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Irwin, John (Irwin, John; Irwin, J.)
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Non-western art unattributed:
10. Gilt-Copper Lion on Pillar, Telleju Temple, Nepal, c. Sixteenth Century A. D. Photo: Robert Skelton.
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Gilt Copper Garuda on Pillar at Bhadgaon, Nepal, Medieval. Photo: Dr John Marr.
Non-western art unattributed:
12. The Sārnāth Capital. Polished Sandstone.
Non-western art unattributed:
13-16. Close-Ups of the Four Quadrupeds on the Abacus of the Sārnāth Capital.
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Painting of Lotus-Plant, by an Unknown Indian Artist, Eighteenth Century. Photo: British Museum of Natural History.
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Wooden Chariot-Wheel Excavated in Precincts of Aśoka's Capital City, Pātaliputra (Modern Patna). Now in Patna Museum.
Non-western art unattributed:
2. The Sankīsā Elephant-Capital. Polished Sandstone. Photo: India Office Library.
Non-western art unattributed:
3. The Rāmpūrvā Bull-Capital. Polished Sandstone.
Non-western art unattributed:
5. The Lauriyā-Nandangarh Lion-Capital. Polished Sandstone. Photo: Elinor Gadon.
Non-western art unattributed:
6. The Kutb Iron Pillar, near Delhi. c. Fourth Century A. D.
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Underside of Sankīsā Elephant-Capital (Fig.2 above). Photo: Dr Joanna Williams.
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Bell of a Gupta Pillar at Sondāni, Mandasor, Fifth Century A. D.
Non-western art unattributed:
A. Tree Bole, Showing Splits at the Periphery.
Non-western art unattributed:
B. Left, the Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Centre, the Egyptian Lotus (Nymphea stellata). Right, the Egyptian Lotus as Conventionalized in Egyptian Art.
Non-western art unattributed:
C. The Bells of the Vaiśālī, Lauriyā-Nandangarh, Rāmpūrvā Bull and Sārnāth Capitals Superimposed upon the Persepolitan Base-Bell.
Non-western art unattributed:
D. The Aśokan Form of Bell-Pendants.
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E. The Abacuses of the Mauryan Capitals: (i) Sankīsā; (ii) Allahābād; (iii) Rāmpūrvā Bull; (iv) Basti; (v) Sānchī; (vi) Lauriyā-Nandangarh; (vii) Rāmpūrvā Lion.
Non-western art unattributed:
G. The Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Western Asia and India.
Non-western art unattributed:
H. Coomaraswamy's Drawing of the Bharhut 'Lotus-Capital'.
Non-western art unattributed:
I. The Stone Shaft of the Rāmpūrvā Lion Pillar, Showing the Copper Dowel.
Non-western art unattributed:
J. A Copper Dowel in a Wooden Shaft, with Horizontal Binding.
Non-western art unattributed:
K. Diagram Showing the Hypothetical Construction of a Portable dhvaja of the Type Depicted at Bharhut.
Non-western art unattributed:
L. A Capital from the Council Chamber, Persepolis (Restored), Showing the Bell-like Member.
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M. Symbols on Early Indian Punchmarked Coins.
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N. The Sārnāth Pillar, Restored.
Non-western art unattributed:
[a I. Early (Pre-Aśokan) group] Rampurva Bull
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[a II. Early (Pre-Aśokan) group] Sankisa
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[a III. Early (Pre-Aśokan) group] Kausambi
Non-western art unattributed:
[a IV. Early (Pre-Aśokan) group] Vaiśali
Non-western art unattributed:
[b I. Later group] Sarnath
Non-western art unattributed:
[b II. Later group] Topra
Non-western art unattributed:
[b III. Later group] Louriya-Nandangarh
Non-western art unattributed:
[b IV. Later group] Rampurva Lion
Non-western art unattributed:
[b V. Later group] Gotihawa
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4. The Vaiśālī Lion-Capital. Sandstone. Photo: Elinor Gadon.
Western art unattributed:
7. Base-Drum (Or 'Bell') of Achaemenian Column at Persepolis. After E. F. Schmidt.
Western art unattributed:
F. Sources of the 'Anthemion' Ornament on the Mauryan Capitals. (i) Ephesus, 'Leaf-and-Dart' on Column; (ii) Mouldings from Greek Classical Orders of Architecture, with Their Normal Ornament; (iii) Ovolo Ornament, Delphi; (iv) Early Greek Anthemion, Delphi; (v) Mature Greek Anthemion, the Erechtheion, Athens; (vi) The Egyptian Lotus and Lily; (vii) The Assyrian Knop-and-Flower; (viii) Ivory from Nimrud; (ix) Achaemenid Anthemion.
Short Notice
Gold Embedded in Nepalese Mandala Scroll Paintings
06/1975 | 867 | 117
Pages: 378-379+381
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Bruce-Gardner, Robert (Bruce-Gardner, Robert; Gardner, Robert Bruce-)
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63. X-ray Photograph of the Central Section of the Scroll Painting in Fig.65, Showing Rectangular Piece of Gold Embedded in the Structure of the Paint.
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64. Infra-Red Photograph of the Central Section of the Scroll Painting Illustrated in Fig.65.
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65. Nepalese Mandala Scroll Painting. (David Tremayne Ltd., London).
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66. Infra-Red Photograph of the Scroll Painting Illustrated in Fig.65.
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A. Sectional Diagram, Showing Structure of Nepalese Scroll Painting Illustrated in Fig. 65.
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: The Heeramaneck Collection
03/1967 | 768 | 109
Pages: 182-185
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Beach, Milo Cleveland (Beach, Milo Cleveland)
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110. Page from an Album of Jahangir. Detail of border figures, attributed to Govardhan. Mughal, c.1615 or earlier. 42.2 by 26.7 cm. (Collection Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York.)
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113. Symbolic figure, attributed to Manohar. Mughal c. 1600, 11 by 5.9 cm (Collection Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York)
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106. Tree Dryad. From Sanchi, Stupa I, c.10-25 A. D. Argillaceous sandstone, 64 by 40.7 cm. (Collection Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York.)
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107. Samvara. Kashmir, ninth century A. D. (?). Light alloy of bronze, eyes inlaid with copper, 21.6 by 14 cm. (Collection Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York.)
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108. Detail from Back Screen of a missing seated image. South India, c. eighth-ninth century A. D. Gilded bronze, 82 by 56 cm. (Collection Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York.)
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109. An Arhat. Tibet, sixteenth century. Cloth, 65 by 54 cm. (Collection Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck, New York.)
Book Review
Japan, with a Chapter on Bengal, Nepal and Thibet. (The Civilizations of the East, Vol. IV.)
03/1935 | 384 | 66
Pages: 147-148
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Ashton, Leigh (Ashton, Leigh)
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Japan, with a Chapter on Bengal, Nepal and Thibet. (The Civilizations of the East, Vol. IV.) | author: Grousset, René
Article
The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
07/1915 | 148 | 27
Pages: 138-141
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda; C., A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. R.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda R.)
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A. Buddha. Nepalese; copper gilt, c. 9th cent. A. D. Height 3½ in. The hands in dharma-cakra-mudrā (rather than vitarka, as stated in "Visvakarmā", p. 15). (A. K. Coomaraswamy.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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B. Avalokitesvara (Padmapānī). Also identified as Maitreya (Grünwedel, Mythologie des Buddhismus in Tibet, fig. 99). Nepalese, copper gilt and jewelled, c. 10th cent. A. D. Height of incomplete figure 4$frac{7}{8}$ in. A type identical with that of "Visvakarmā", Plate XI. Trivanka stance, the right hand in vara mudrā (charity), the left holding the stalk of an expanded rose lotus (padma). (A. K. Coomaraswamy.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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C. Buddha. Badulla, Ceylon; bronze, c. 6th cent. A. D. Height 21 in. Right hand in vitarka mudrā, left hand holding end of robe. (Colombo Museum.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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D. Avalokitesvara (Padmapānī). Ceylonese; copper, c. 9th cent. A. D. Height 3$frac{7}{8}$ in. Seated with right foot extended (lalitāsana), the right hand in vara mudrā, the left holding the rose-lotus (padma) stalk. Pedestal inscribed "Sangha dattah" in characters of the early 9th century. Getty, pp. 54, 59. (British Museum.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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E. Manjusrī. Javanese; bronze, c. 9th-10th cent. A. D. Height 5½ in. Seated in mahārājā līlā pose, on a cushion on a lion throne (simhāsana), a blue lotus (utpala) bud in the right hand and an expanded flower of the same in the left. Getty, p. 96, and cf. also Plate XXI, d. (British Museum.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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F. Vajrapānī. Ceylonese; 9th cent. A. D., copper. Height 4$frac{7}{16}$ in. Seated with right foot extended (lalitāsana), right hand holding vajra, left on thigh. Getty, p. 48. (A. K. Coomaraswamy.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Non-western art unattributed:
G. Vajra Tārā (not Ushnīshavijaya as identified "Visvakarmā" VI). Stone sculpture of the Pāla period. Sārnāth; c. 12th cent. A. D. Height of part shown, about 16 in. Getty, p. 110. (Sārnāth Museum, B(f)8.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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H. Vajra Tārā. Nepalese; copper gilt and jewelled, c. 16th cent. A. D. Height 4$frac{7}{8}$ in. With four faces and eight arms. Getty, p. 110. (A. K. Coomaraswamy.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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J. Kurukullā. Nepalese; copper, c. 15th cent. A. D. Getty, p. 112. (Calcutta School of Art.) The Gods of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Article
Indian Bronzes
05/1910 | 86 | 17
Pages: 86-89+92-94
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda; C., A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. R.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda R.)
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Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. 1. Sundara Mūrti Swāmi, from Polonnaruva. In the Museum, Colombo. Indian Bronzes
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Plate I. 2. Jambhala, from Ceylon in the Author's Collection. Indian Bronzes
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Plate I. 3. Maitreya, from Anurādhapura. In the Museum, Colombo. Indian Bronzes
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Plate I. 4. Tārā, Nepalese. In the Collection of Hon. Justice Woodroffe. Indian Bronzes
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Plate I. 5. Pattini Devī, from Ceylon in the British Museum. Indian Bronzes
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Plate I. 6. Analokitesvara, from Ceylon in the Author's Collection. Indian Bronzes
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Plate II. 10. Kurukulla, Nepalese. In the School of Art, Calcutta. Indian Bronzes
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Plate II. 11. Sparsa (?), Nepalese. In the School of Art, Calcutta. Indian Bronzes
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Plate II. 12. Unknown, Nepalese. In the School of Art, Calcutta. Indian Bronzes
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Plate II. 7. Natarāja from Polonnaruva. In the Museum, Colombo. Indian Bronzes
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Plate II. 8. Siva as Gangādhara in a Tanjore Temple. Indian Bronzes
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Plate II. 9. Dharmapāla, Javanese in the Museum, Batavia. Indian Bronzes