id: 145919
accession number: 1971.133
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Amorous Couple (Mithuna), 400s. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Ahichchatra, Gupta period (c. 320-550). Terracotta; overall: 38.5 x 37 cm (15 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.133
title: Amorous Couple (Mithuna)
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creation date: 400s
creation date earliest: 400
creation date latest: 499
current location: 242A Ancient India
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Ahichchatra, Gupta period (c. 320-550)
technique: terracotta
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 38.5 x 37 cm (15 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1971
opening date: 1971-12-28T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
title: The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence
opening date: 1978-10-05T04:00:00
The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1971
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1971–
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1971.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (January 1972): 3–46.
page number: Mentioned: p. 45, no. 137; Reproduced: p. 24, no. 137
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152412
Pal, Pratapaditya. The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. New York: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 30, p. 82
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Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 162, no. 166
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