Stair Riser with Marine Deities or Boatmen, ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region Gandhara (Swat Valley?), Serpentinite, H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture and the triangular side relief are part of a set of twenty-one panels that embellished the stairway of a stupa, likely on the western end of the Swat Valley. The treatment of the anatomy of these athletic men is interesting in terms of both the naturalism and schematization of the musculature
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Stair Riser, Marine Deities, Boatmen, ca, 1st century, Pakistan, ancient region Gandhara, Swat Valley?, Serpentinite, H, 6 5/8, 16.8 cm, W, 17, 43.2, Sculpture, sculpture, triangular side, relief, part, set, twenty, panels, embellished, stairway, stupa, western, Valley, treatment, anatomy, athletic men, interesting, terms, naturalism, schematization, musculature
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