Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers (100s–200s CE): Art, History and Details

Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers (100s–200s CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers
• Date: 100s–200s CE
• Culture: Pakistan, Gandhara
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: schist
• Dimensions: Overall: 16 x 20.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1998.71

Collection credit

Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust

View the collection record

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