id:			144279
accession number:	1969.117
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Trident with Shiva as Half-Woman (Ardhanarishvara), c. 1050. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-13th Century). Bronze; overall: 39.6 cm (15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.117

title:				Trident with Shiva as Half-Woman (Ardhanarishvara)
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creation date:			c. 1050
creation date earliest:		1050
creation date latest:		1050
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-13th Century)
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 39.6 cm (15 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	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:		The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
	opening date:   2002-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 6-September 14, 2003).

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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: ?-1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art,
	date: 1969-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>Krishna: the Cowherd King.</em> [Los Angeles]: [Los Angeles County Museum of Art], 1972.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 23, #10; mentioned: p. 24
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	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. 299
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n319

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 148-149
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	Dehejia, Vidya, Richard H. Davis, Irā Nākacāmi, and Karen Pechilis. <em>The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India</em>. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  cat. no. 26, pp. 146-149
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	Fernando, Christopher, Vivian Kung Haga, and Chantal Legros. <em>Beyond Beauty: What Is Real Beauty?</em> San Diego, Calif: Museum of Photographic Arts, 2005.
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