id: 145980
accession number: 1971.18
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Temptation of Buddha by the Evil Forces of Mara, 700s. Northern India, Kashmir, 8th century. Ivory with gold and polychrome; overall: 13 x 8.9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.18
title: Temptation of Buddha by the Evil Forces of Mara
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creation date: 700s
creation date earliest: 700
creation date latest: 799
current location: 237 Himalayan
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Northern India, Kashmir, 8th century
technique: ivory with gold and polychrome
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 13 x 8.9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Sacred India
opening date: 1985-11-05T05:00:00
Sacred India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 2, 2014–August 13, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2014-07-02T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Himalayan Gallery (236). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 24, 2015–present).', 'opening_date': '2015-11-24T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(N. V. Hammer, Inc., 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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Tardy. Les ivoires; évolution décorative du Ier siècle à nos jours. Paris: Tardy, 1972.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 188, fig. 2
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Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1971." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972): 3-46.
page number: Mentioned: no. 139, p. 46; Reproduced: no. 139, p. 25
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152412
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. 293
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n313
Pal, Pratapaditya, and Robert L. Brown. Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 44, p. 102
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Chandra, Pramod. The Sculpture of India, 3000 B.C. to 1300 A.D.: [Exhibition]. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1985.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 81, p. 172
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Czuma, Stanislaw. "A Unique Addition to the School of Kashmiri Ivories." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 8 (October 1988): 298–319.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 306, figs. 10 and 11; p. 308, fig. 13
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160044
Czuma, Stanislaw J. "Ivory Sculpture." In Art and Architecture of Ancient Kashmir. Pratapaditya Pal, ed. pp. 57–76. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1989.
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