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Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers
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Architectural Bracket with Wrestlers

100s–200s CE · schist

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this 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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineArchitectural Bracket with Wrestlers, 100s–200s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara. Schist; overall: 16 x 20.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust, 1998.71
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