The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Bhu

900–950

South India, Tamil Nadu, probably Pudokkatai, early Chola Dynasty, 10th Century

granite
Overall: 175.9 x 61.6 cm (69 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1963.104.3
Location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian

Description

One of Vishnu's two wives, Bhu, the earth goddess, holds the lotus in her left hand.
  • ?-1963
    (William H. Wolff [1906-1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1963-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 235 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 235 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 298 archive.org
    Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 144–145
    Annamācārya, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Dean Shulman. God on the hill: temple poems from Tirupati. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Reproduced: cover
  • Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Bhu|url=false|author=|year=900–950|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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