Red sandstone in art: 20 works, most common in Asian Art

Medium20 works

Collection Summary

15th century BC

1st century BC

1st century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

9th century

16th century

20th century

Asian Art

Islamic Art

Egyptian Art

India · 9 India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura) · 6India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh) · 2India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region) · 1India (Madhya Pradesh) · 1India (Madhya Pradesh); Kalacuri · 1

Gupta period · 3late Gupta period · 1New Kingdom, Ramesside · 1Shunga period · 1Gupta period (4th–6th century) · 1late Gupta · 1

India

Egypt

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Architectural relief	Sculpture	ca. 1st century B.C.	India (Madhya Pradesh)
Head	Sculpture	1st–2nd century	India
Bracket	Sculpture	1st–2nd century	India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region)
Head	Sculpture	ca. 2nd century	India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
Head	Sculpture	ca. 2nd century	India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
Relief	Sculpture	1st–2nd century	India
Architectural frieze	Sculpture	2nd–3rd century	India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
Figure	Sculpture	2nd–3rd century	India (uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
Head	Sculpture	2nd century	India
Relief fragment	Sculpture	2nd–3rd century	India
Figure	Sculpture	ca. mid-5th century	India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh)
Figure	Sculpture	ca. mid- 5th century	India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh)
Figure	Sculpture	late 5th century	India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
Head	Sculpture	late 5th–early 6th century	India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
Figure	Sculpture	6th century	India
Figure	Sculpture	7th century or earlier	India
Figure	Sculpture	10th century	India (Madhya Pradesh); Kalacuri
Head	Sculpture	10th century	India
Pierced Window Screen	Stone	second half 16th century	India
Pierced Window Screen	Stone	second half 16th century	India
Bust of a woman		ca. 1550–1070 B.C.	Egypt
Relief fragment	Sculpture	4th–7th century	India
Frieze section	Sculpture	Modern	India

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access