id:			140094
accession number:	1964.103
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.103
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:05.956000

Goddess Vajravarahi, c. 1040–c. 1310. Nepal. Unbaked clay and pigment; overall: 63.5 cm (25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1964.103

title:				Goddess Vajravarahi
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creation date:			c. 1040–c. 1310
creation date earliest:		1030
creation date latest:		1320
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Nepal
technique:	unbaked clay and pigment
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 63.5 cm (25 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Therese Margaret Clayton, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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CITATIONS

	“Annual Report for 1964.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 52, no. 6, 1965, pp. 141–166.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 153
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152054

	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. 234
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n258

	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. 234
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n258

	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. 298
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n318

	Slusser, Mary Shepherd. "Dry-Lacquer or Clay? Preliminary Notes on a Neglected Nepalese Sculptural Medium." <em>Contributions to Nepalese Studies</em>, Vol. 23, No. 1 (January 1996), pp. 11-33.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 11-33, Reproduced: fig. 1, p. 19
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	Slusser, Mary Shepherd. "Nepalese Unfired Clay Sculpture: A Case Study" <em>Orientations</em>, vol. 32 No. 7 (September 2001), pp. 71-80.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 74, fig. 2
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