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Standing Woman

Standing Woman

c. 50–200 CE
ivory
Overall: 8 x 3.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.105
Location: not on view

Description

This ivory carving was made In India as a facing for wooden furniture, which disintegrated, leaving only the ivory veneers. Most of the imagery is life-affirming and auspicious, as seen in the image of a young woman. Indian ivory-faced furnishings--along with lacquer boxes from China and painted glass from Rome--were found in an extraordinary deposit of luxury goods at a site called Begram.
  • ?–1974
    Frederick M. Mayer [1899–1974], New York, NY, by descent to his son, Robert J. Mayer
    1974–?
    Robert J. Mayer
    ?–1985
    (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1985–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Reproduced: cat. no. 47C, p. 119
    Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (1986): 26-71. Mentioned: no. 199, pp. 35 and 70; Reproduced: no. 199, p. 39 www.jstor.org
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 2013-May 12, 2014).
    Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).
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