id:			143649
accession number:	1968.104
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.104
updated:		2025-02-09 03:20:47.365000

Nature Divinity (Yakshi), c. 75 CE. India, Mathura, Kshatrapa period (c. 20 BCE–114 CE). Mottled red sandstone; overall: 127.6 x 49 x 25.4 cm (50 1/4 x 19 5/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.104

title:				Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
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creation date:			c. 75 CE
creation date earliest:		70
creation date latest:		80
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	India, Mathura, Kshatrapa period (c. 20 BCE–114 CE)
technique:	mottled red sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Mathura
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 127.6 x 49 x 25.4 cm (50 1/4 x 19 5/16 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	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).

	title:		Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
	opening date:   1985-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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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: ?–1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 230
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n254

	“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1968.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 23, 1969, pp. 58–87.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 62, fig. 13
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/20111014

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1968." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 56, no. 1 (1969): 3-50.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 157, pp. 3 and 50; Reproduced: no. 157, p. 30
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152250

	Dwivedi, Vinod P. “Mathura Art in the Museums of the United States of America.” <em>Journal of Indian Museums</em>, 1973, pp. 25–26.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 25–26, fig. 4
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	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: 	Reproduced: p. 89, figs. 8 and 9
	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

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 26, p. 85
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n30

	"A Walking Tour." <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 54 no. 01, January/February 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 33 and 45
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01/page/n31/mode/2up

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 35
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	Sengupta, Arputha Rani. <em>Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols</em>. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Vol. 1, P. 107, fig. 2.81; Mentioned: P. 110-111
	url:		

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