id:			141219
accession number:	1964.453
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.453
updated:		2025-02-09 03:08:37.335000

Vishnu Attended by Chakrapurusa and Shankhapurusa, 1000s–1100s. East India, Bengal, Pala period, 11th-12th century. Bronze with silver inlay; overall: 45.4 x 22.2 cm (17 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1964.453

title:				Vishnu Attended by Chakrapurusa and Shankhapurusa
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creation date:			1000s–1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	East India, Bengal, Pala period, 11th-12th century
technique:	bronze with silver inlay
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 45.4 x 22.2 cm (17 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Master Bronzes of India
	opening date:   1965-09-03T04:00:00
	<i>Master Bronzes of India</i>. 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:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff [1906-1991], 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:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152054

	<em>Master Bronzes of India: The Art Institute of Chicago ... [et al]</em>. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 9
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	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 52, no. 9, 1965, pp. 124–157.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 86, p. 146; Mentioned: no. 86, p. 154
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152069

	Marcus, Margaret F. “Sculptures from Bihar and Bengal.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 8, 1967, pp. 240–262.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 258, fig. 19; Reproduced: p. 259, fig. 19
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152173

	Craven, Roy C. <em>A Concise History of Indian Art</em>. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976.
	page number: 	fig. 131, p. 175
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