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accession number: 1970.62
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Ganesha, c. 1070. South India, Medieval period, Chola dynasty(10th-13th century). Bronze; overall: 50.8 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm (20 x 10 x 7 in.); base: 23 x 18.3 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer 1970.62
title: Ganesha
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creation date: c. 1070
creation date earliest: 1060
creation date latest: 1080
current location: 244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline: Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer
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culture: South India, Medieval period, Chola dynasty(10th-13th century)
technique: bronze
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 50.8 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm (20 x 10 x 7 in.); Base: 23 x 18.3 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1970
opening date: 1971-02-10T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
title: The Age of Bronze
opening date: 1982-07-13T04:00:00
The Age of Bronze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-October 17, 1982).
title: Images of the Mind
opening date: 1987-07-07T04:00:00
Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).
title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00
Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).
title: The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
opening date: 2002-11-10T00:00:00
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (November 10, 2002-March 9, 2003); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (April 4-June 15, 2003); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 6-September 14, 2003).
title: Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India
opening date: 2006-11-11T00:00:00
Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 11, 2006-February 25, 2007).
title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
title: Gallery One 2012
opening date: 2012-12-12T05:00:00
Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017
opening date: 2017-04-10T04:00:00
Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(J. J. Klejman, New York, NY)
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Katharine Holden Thayer [1898–1985], 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
"Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1970." Archives of Asian Art 25 (1971): 91-120.
page number: Mentioned: P. 110; reproduced: P. 95, fig. 11
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20111035
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 299
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n319
Wallbank, T. Walter, A.M. Taylor, and N.M. Bailkey. Civilization Past & Present. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foreseman, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: vol. 1, p. 200
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 150–151
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Davis, Richard H. “Wooden Flowers in the Museum: Reflections on a Decorated Nataraja.” Orientations 33, no. 9 (November 2002): 54–61.
page number: Reproduced: P. 56, fig. 5
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Dehejia, Vidya, Richard H. Davis, Irā Nākacāmi, and Karen Pechilis. The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2002.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 22, pp. 140–142
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 43 no. 06, Summer 2003
page number: Reproduced: cover
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2003-06
Czuma, Stanislaw J. “Great Acquisitions of Indian and Southeast Asian Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art.” Orientations 36, no. 1 (January 2005): 82–87.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 85-86
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"Sacred Bronzes of Southern India." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries Vol. 9, iss. 10 (October 2006): 12.
page number: Reproduced: P. 12
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Branfoot, Crispin. "Processions and Presence: Bronze Sculptures from the Temples of Southern India." Arts of Asia Vol. 36, No. 6 (November/December 2006): 61-71.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 68, fig. 7
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Dehejia, Vidya. Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2006.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 7, pp. 90-93
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Locke, Adrian K. "Divine Beauty: Sacred Medieval Bronzes from Southern India." Minerva Vol. 18, No. 1 ( January-February 2007): 22-24.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 24, fig. 9
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