id:			146975
accession number:	1972.365
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.365
updated:		2024-08-08 15:15:48.573000

Bird with Human Head, possibly Hermes, c. 200s–300s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period. Bronze; overall: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Peter Marks 1972.365

title:				Bird with Human Head, possibly Hermes
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creation date:			c. 200s–300s CE
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		399
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Gift of Peter Marks
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culture:	Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art (11/13/1985-1/15/1986), Asia Society Galleries, NYC (2/13-4/6/1986), and Seattle Art Museum (5/13-7/13/1986): "Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India"', 'opening_date': '1985-11-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Peter Marks, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115.
	page number: 	Mentioned: fig. 291, p. 114
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 96, p. 183
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