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Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers
AD 100s–200s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This sculpture probably derived from Greco-Roman prototypes of nude athletes, but here it has probably been transposed into a scene from the boyhood of the Buddha, when it is said that he excelled in all forms of athletics.
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- Title: Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers
- Date Created: AD 100s–200s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 16 x 20.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: (John Eskenazi Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.71
- Medium: schist
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Pakistan, Gandhara
- Credit Line: Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Collection: Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
- Accession Number: 1998.71
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