id:			135272
accession number:	1958.288
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.288
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:44.551000

Eight Armed Shiva Dancing Between Two Pillars, 900s–1000s. India, Rajasthan, Chandela Dynasty, 10th - 11th century. Sandstone; overall: 46.4 x 45.7 x 22.2 cm (18 1/4 x 18 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund 1958.288

title:				Eight Armed Shiva Dancing Between Two Pillars
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creation date:			900s–1000s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		1099
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creditline:			James Parmelee Fund
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culture:	India, Rajasthan, Chandela Dynasty, 10th - 11th century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 46.4 x 45.7 x 22.2 cm (18 1/4 x 18 x 8 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Wooster College Exhibition
	opening date:   1970-04-05T05:00:00
	<i>Wooster College Exhibition</i>. The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH (organizer) (April 5-27, 1970).

	title:		Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
	opening date:   1996-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1958
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1958–
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CITATIONS

	"Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums." <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em> 13 (1959): 89-105.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 92, fig. 12
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20067018

	"Annual Report of the Year 1958." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 6 (1959): 111-58.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 131; Reproduced: p. 129
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142346

	Marcus, Margaret F. "Two Indian Stone Sculptures." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 7 (1959): 164-67.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 164–167; Reproduced: p. 165
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142350

	Kramrisch, Stella. <em>Manifestations of Shiva</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 37, p. 44
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