The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of January 25, 2025
Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
c. 75 BCE
(185–78 BCE)
Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Location: 242A Ancient India
Description
This powerful female figure, softly modeled with full volumes, is heavily adorned with jewels and flowers. In her right hand she grasps a fruit and her left rests on her hip. A sense of movement is achieved through her raised left leg, curving pleat lines, swinging beads of her necklace, and her turning head.- ?–1973(William H. Wolff, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1973–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Paresh Chandra, Das Gupta. “Early Terracottas from Chanobraketugarhy.” Lalit Kala, 6 (1959), pp. 45-52. Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. XIII, fig. 3 and 4: XV, fig. 16"The Year in Review for 1973." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78. Mentioned: no. 177, p. 78; Reproduced: no. 177, p. 58 www.jstor.orgNeils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. no. 165Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 331, fig. 8 www.jstor.orgPoster, Amy G. From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art: [Exhibition]. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 33, p. 102
- From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (January 16-April 14, 1986).The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).
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