Carved Brackets
South India, probably Madurai · 1600s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Composite creatures with the body of a lion, tusks and trunk of an elephant, and horns of an antelope are standard elements of medieval Indian architecture and furniture. Traces of pigment indicate that these ivory furniture facings were brightly painted. In India ivory has been used to face wooden furniture for more than two thousand years.
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Details
- Maker
- South India, probably Madurai
- Date
- 1600s
- Medium
- Ivory with traces of pigment
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
- Place of origin
- South India
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0