id:			145919
accession number:	1971.133
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.133
updated:		2025-09-13 18:25:39.987000

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
	<i>Year in Review: 1971</i>. 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
	<i>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</i>. 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.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 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. <em>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</em>. 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. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 162, no. 166
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