The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Ganesha
600s
Overall: 122 x 58.7 x 23.8 cm (48 1/16 x 23 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1987.147
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Ganesha wears a short sampot held by a narrow belt.Description
Among the first Hindu deities to be venerated in the form of a large-scale stone sculpture in Southeast Asia, Ganesha presides over obstacles, either creating or removing them. At the beginning of any endeavor, to assure its success, worshipers affectionately offer him prayers and food, such as the sweet cakes and radish he enjoys in this sculpture.- ?–1987(Adrian Maynard Oriental Art, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1987–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (1988): 30–71. Mentioned: no. 202, pp. 32 and 71; Reproduced: no. 202, p. 35 www.jstor.org
- The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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