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Section from a Portable Shrine

Section from a Portable Shrine

100s CE
Overall: 14.6 x 6 cm (5 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Figures of deities who protect children are featured in this relief carving. A form of Skanda holding a bird and a flower stands next to a regal yakshi with pointed rodent or elephant ears. A diminutive figure who may be a child is shown kneeling at his feet. Above, the six-headed mother goddess Shashthi sits next to Skanda, holding the spear.
  • ?–1973
    (Peter Marks, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1973–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "The Year in Review for 1973." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78. Mentioned: no. 176, p. 78; Reproduced: no. 176, p. 58 www.jstor.org
    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. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 80, p. 162
    Koizumi, Yoshihide, “Study on the Portable Shrines in Northwest India.” Proceedings of the Tokyo National Museum 東京国立博物館紀要, vol. 35 (2000), pp. 87-158. Reproduced: fig. 9
  • Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).
  • {{cite web|title=Section from a Portable Shrine|url=false|author=|year=100s CE|access-date=24 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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