Architectural Fragment with Figures

Description Part of a doorjamb, this fragment would have been on the viewer's right as he or she entered a sanctuary. The intertwined serpents on the inner edge hold their palms together to pay homage to the Hindu god enshrined inside, and the celebratory dancers echo the actual drummers and performers of a festival day.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/30/2004	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque. 2001-2003.

Provenance John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.

Credit Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2003