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Fertility Goddess

Fertility Goddess

100s CE

Description

Female figures fashioned from terracotta were found at large man-made pools of water in early Buddhist sacred compounds. They indicate the importance of art and rites associated with fertility and childbirth among the Buddhist laity, of which women were a major component. The wreath, small breasts, and gentle modeling of her full-hipped body associate this figure with Greco-Roman imagery.
  • ?-1977
    (Ulrich von Schroeder [b. 1943], Zürich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1977-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–43. Mentioned: no. 142, pp. 30 and 43; Reproduced: no. 142, p. 30 www.jstor.org
    "Annual Report for 1977." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215. Mentioned: p. 191 www.jstor.org
    Doshi, Saryu, ed. "The Royal Road. In India and Greece, Connections and Parallels. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1985. Reproduced: p. 8, fig. 4
    Neils, Jenifer. "The Twain Shall Meet." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 6 (1985): 326-59. Reproduced: p. 331, fig. 7 25159914
    Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 161–162, fig. 79
    Hambly, Gavin, ed. Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 60
  • Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November, 13, 1985-January 15, 1986), Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY (February 13-April 6, 1986), and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13-July 13, 1986).
    Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
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