The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Male Head, possibly a Yaksha
300s BCE
Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
The large turban and earring suggest that this head may have belonged to a yaksha, a nature divinity worshipped for wealth and prosperity. The small scale and terracotta material imply that it may have been installed on a domestic shrine. The naturalism of the fleshy face and parted mouth are stylistic features of sculptures from the Maurya period, and this work was found at the Maurya capital of Pataliputra.- ?–1986(Galerie Ariane Faye, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1986–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1986." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (1987): 38-79. Mentioned: no. 214, p. 76 www.jstor.org
- Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.72