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Seated Yaksha
300s CE
Overall: 47.3 x 26 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1977.175
Location: 242A Ancient India
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The figure wears a heavy, short necklace and originally wore earrings, of which only the left one remains.Description
The power and frontality of this figure, whose bare feet are planted firmly on the ground, along with the corpulence of his protruding belly, suggest that the image may represent Kubera, or a yaksha worshiped for wealth and prosperity. Terracottas of large size like this one were usually modeled freely and incised with a wire tool.- ?–1977(Stolper Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1977–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- "Annual Report for 1977." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215. Mentioned: pp. 191–192 www.jstor.orgCzuma, 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. 54, pp. 126–127
- Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).
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