Garland bearers

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Garland bearers
Amaravati stupa, India. Chennai Government Museum
Garland bearers, Miran, China
, 3rd century CE

Garlands bearers, typically in the form of small naked

classical arts, from the Greco-Roman world to India, with ramifications as far as China
. In Europe they were revived in the Renaissance, and continued in later periods.

Greco-Roman art

The garland-bearer design was extremely popular in the Mediterranean.

Asia Minor to be sold in Rome.[1]

Greek garland bearer designs tend to be continuous, and the garlands are furnished with leaves and stems.[1] Roman garland bearer designs are segmented and often use flowers and fruits for decoration.[1]

Garland bearers were also particularly associated to the cult of

Dyonisos.[2]

  • Garland bearers on a Roman sarcophagus, 130-150 CE.
    Garland bearers on a Roman sarcophagus, 130-150 CE.
  • Greco-Roman garland bearers, Rockefeller Museum
    Greco-Roman garland bearers,
    Rockefeller Museum
  • Garland bearers on a sarcophagus, in Aphrodisias.
    Garland bearers on a sarcophagus, in Aphrodisias.
  • Roman marble sarcophagus with segmented garlands decorated with flowers and fruits, 200-225 CE, Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey).[3]
    Roman marble sarcophagus with segmented garlands decorated with flowers and fruits, 200-225 CE, Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey).[3]

Central Asia

  • Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles (100-200 CE), Old Termez Archaeological Museum.
    Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles (100-200 CE), Old Termez Archaeological Museum.

Indian art

The

putti holding garlands is one of the most common motif of the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.[1] According to John Boardman, they find their origin in Hellenistic designs, rather than Roman ones.[1] The garlands had an important role in decorating Buddhist stupas.[4]

  • Yakshas holding Garlands, Peshawar Museum.
    Yakshas holding Garlands, Peshawar Museum.
  • Garland and amorini, Gandhara, c. 2nd-3rd century CE
    Garland and amorini, Gandhara, c. 2nd-3rd century CE
  • Garland bearers and Romaka Jataka (25-50 CE), Mathura Museum
    Garland bearers and Romaka Jataka (25-50 CE),
    Mathura Museum
  • Yaksha holding a garland, Amaravati stupa.
    Yaksha holding a garland,
    Amaravati stupa
    .
  • Erotes, garland and the Buddha on the Kanishka casket
    Erotes, garland and the Buddha on the
    Kanishka casket
  • Limestone coping fragment, Ter, Maharashtra.
    Limestone coping fragment, Ter, Maharashtra.
  • Garland bearers, Amaravati stupa, India. Chennai Government Museum
    Garland bearers,
    Amaravati stupa, India
    . Chennai Government Museum

China

Miran is located in Asia
Miran
Miran
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Location of Miran in China.

The garland bearer design can be seen in Buddhist frescoes in Miran, China, from the 3rd century CE.

  • Garland bearers on a frescoe at Miran
    Garland bearers on a frescoe at Miran
  • Garland bearers on a frescoe at Miran
    Garland bearers on a frescoe at Miran

References

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  1. ^
    ISBN 978-80-246-2045-9
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  2. ISBN 978-0-307-81721-1
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  3. ^ Yi, Joy Lidu. The Global Connections of Gandhāran Art. p. 56.
  4. ^ "The garland is a very significant ornament used for the purpose of decoration on the stupas by the devotees. The devotees who carry garlands are called the 'garland-bearers'" Proceedings volume of the 18 th Annual Conference. South Indian Historical Congress. 1999. p. 342.
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