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Door Guardian with a Bow in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010
Title: Door Guardian (Dvarapala)
Date: ca. 4th century
Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Medium: Stucco
Dimensions: H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1991
Accession Number: 1991.132
Similar armored guardian figures were found flanking a doorway of a monastery at the Gandharan site of Thareli; clearly, this example also had significance as a protective deity. It is interesting that the monks chose to integrate such non-Buddhist deities into the embellishment of their monastic residences. The appearance of such protectors probably can be linked to the growing importance of the war god Skanda in the late Gandharan tradition.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38498
Date: ca. 4th century
Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Medium: Stucco
Dimensions: H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1991
Accession Number: 1991.132
Similar armored guardian figures were found flanking a doorway of a monastery at the Gandharan site of Thareli; clearly, this example also had significance as a protective deity. It is interesting that the monks chose to integrate such non-Buddhist deities into the embellishment of their monastic residences. The appearance of such protectors probably can be linked to the growing importance of the war god Skanda in the late Gandharan tradition.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38498
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