id: 138613
accession number: 1962.45
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Head of a Yaksha, c. 125 BCE. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Mottled red sandstone; overall: 48.2 x 40 x 35.6 cm (19 x 15 3/4 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1962.45
title: Head of a Yaksha
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creation date: c. 125 BCE
creation date earliest: -150
creation date latest: -50
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creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture: Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)
technique: mottled red sandstone
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art - Sunga
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 48.2 x 40 x 35.6 cm (19 x 15 3/4 x 14 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Art of India: Stone Sculpture
opening date: 1962-09-25T04:00:00
The Art of India: Stone Sculpture. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (September 25-November 15, 1962).
title: Year in Review - 1962
opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
title: Tree and Serpent: The Evolution of Early Buddhist Art in India
opening date: 2023-07-17T04:00:00
Tree and Serpent: The Evolution of Early Buddhist Art in India. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (July 17-November 13, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(William H. Wolff, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1962
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1962-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Art of India; Stone Sculpture. [New York, Tokyo]: The Asia Society, 1962.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 15
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Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1962.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 9, 1962, pp. 199–227.
page number: Mentioned: no. 68, p. 224
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25151915
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. 228
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n252
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. 228
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n252
Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 84-85
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152680
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. 287
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n307
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 11
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n26
Morris, Rekha, "Sense and Sensitivity: Sherman Lee's Impact on the Collection of North Indian Sculpture at the Cleveland Museum of Art," Orientations, vol. 36, no.1, p. 88-93.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 88
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Guy, John. Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 48–49; Reproduced: p. 48, cat. 17
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