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Male Atlantean figure
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Male Atlantean figure

c. 300 CE · stucco

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The musculature, thick curly locks of hair, and deeply inset eyes of this fragmentary figure show the sculptor's incorporation of Greco-Roman forms. His hunched posture suggests that he supported a heavy weight, such as the dome of a stupa on his back. Rows of figures would have visually supported the stupa, in which relics of the Buddha or other revered Buddhist leader were interred.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineMale Atlantean figure, c. 300 CE. Afghanistan, Hadda. Stucco; overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1969.64
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