A baluster is a "short pillar or column with a curving outline, normally slender above and swelling below into a pear-shaped bulge."1
1. Margaret S. Graves and Benoît Junod eds., Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts (Geneva: Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2011), 348.
The Balusters on the Baradari's Porch
The Balusters on the Baradari's Porch
A Baluster's Base
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