id:			130134
accession number:	1952.514
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.514
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:26.485000

Lion, 100s–200s CE. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period. Sandstone; overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1952.514

title:				Lion
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creation date:			100s–200s CE
creation date earliest:		100
creation date latest:		299
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Mathura
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Art of India and Southeast Asia
	opening date:   1964-05-17T04:00:00
	<i>The Art of India and Southeast Asia</i>. Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL (organizer) (May 17-June 14, 1964).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mathias Komor [1909–1984], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 745
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n135

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 229
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n253

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 229
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n253

	Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 102-103, fig. 31
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152680

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 289
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n309

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