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accession number: 1930.331
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Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance, 1000s. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-1200s). Bronze; overall: 113 x 102 x 30 cm (44 1/2 x 40 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.); base: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.331
title: Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance
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creation date: 1000s
creation date earliest: 1000
creation date latest: 1099
current location: 244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-1200s)
technique: Bronze
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 113 x 102 x 30 cm (44 1/2 x 40 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Base: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India
opening date: 1947-04-01T05:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-June 2, 1947).
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
title: Master Bronzes of India
opening date: 1965-09-03T04:00:00
Master Bronzes of India. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (September 3-October 10, 1965); William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO (October 21-December 19, 1965); The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 19-February 27, 1966); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (October 12-December 11, 1966).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Sacred India
opening date: 1985-11-05T05:00:00
Sacred India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00
Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).
title: The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
opening date: 2002-11-10T00:00:00
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 6-September 14, 2003).
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
title: Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India
opening date: 2006-11-11T00:00:00
Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 11, 2006-February 25, 2007).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1930
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1930-
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 761
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n137
Master Bronzes of India: The Art Institute of Chicago ... [et al]. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 30
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 236
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n260
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 235
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n259
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 299
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n319
Czuma, Stanislaw J., "Eternal Rhythms" , Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 08, October 1996
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1996-08/page/8
Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
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page number: Reproduced: Acetate 19
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page number: Reproduced: p. 122
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
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page number: Reproduced: pp. 46–47, cat. no. 1
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Sims, Lowery S. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Reproduced. p. 30; Mentioned: p. 116, no. 17
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Buser, Thomas. Experiencing Art Around Us. Second edition. Australia: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006.
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page number: Reproduced: p. 146, fig. 14.2
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Branfoot, Crispin. "Processions and Presence: Bronze Sculptures from the Temples of Southern India." Arts of Asia vol. 36 no. 6 (2006).
page number: Reproduced: p. 61, fig. 1
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"Chola. Heilige Bronzen aus Südindien" Weltkunst issue 15, (December 2006)
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Dehejia, Vidya. Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2006.
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Locke, Adrian K. "Divine Beauty: Sacred Medieval Bronzes from Southern India." Minerva vol. 18 no. 1 (January-February 2007).
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Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
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Cothren, Michael W. and Marilyn Stokstad. Art History. Fifth Edition. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2014
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
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Dehejia, Vidya. The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2021.
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