id:			145182
accession number:	1970.350
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.350
updated:		2023-12-09 12:20:13.878000

Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker:  Javasakunda Jataka, c. AD 175–225. Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, possibly Amaravati, Satavahana period (100s BC-AD 200s). Limestone; overall: 30.7 x 54.2 x 9.6 cm (12 1/16 x 21 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1970.350

title:				Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker:  Javasakunda Jataka
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creation date:			c. AD 175–225
creation date earliest:		175
creation date latest:		225
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creditline:			Gift of George P. Bickford
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culture:	Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, possibly Amaravati, Satavahana period (100s BC-AD 200s)
technique:	limestone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Andhra, Amaravati
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 30.7 x 54.2 x 9.6 cm (12 1/16 x 21 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Sculpture of Greater India</em>. C.T. Loo &amp; Co., New York, NY (1942).

* <em>Buddhist Art. Detroit Institute of Arts, Twenty-Fourth Loan Exhibition, October, 1942</em>. Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 1942).

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PROVENANCE

	C. T. Loo, New York, NY
	date: at least by 1942–?
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	George and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903-1985], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pope, John. <em>An Exhibition of the Sculpture of Greater India, A Fully Illustrated Catalogue</em>. New York: C.T. Loo &amp; Co, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 16, pp. 31–32;
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	Lee, Sherman E.<em> Buddhist Art. Detroit Institute of Arts, Twenty-Fourth Loan Exhibition, October, 1942</em>. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 6, p. 21; Reproduced: cat. no. 6, p. 41
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	<em>Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India. University Gallery, April 10th Thru May 29th, 1966</em>. Gainesville: College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, 1966.
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	Stone, Elizabeth Rosen. <em>The Buddhist Art of Nāgārjunakoṇḍa</em>. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1994.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 256
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