id:			147509
accession number:	1973.24
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.24
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:34.480000

Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi), c. 75 BCE. India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Terracotta; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett 1973.24

title:				Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
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creation date:			c. 75 BCE
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		-25
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett
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culture:	India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)
technique:	terracotta
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art</em>. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (January 16-April 14, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-01-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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CITATIONS

	Paresh Chandra, Das Gupta. “Early Terracottas from Chanobraketugarhy.” <em>Lalit Kala</em>, 6 (1959), pp. 45-52.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. XIII, fig. 3 and 4: XV, fig. 16
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	"The Year in Review for 1973." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 177, p. 78; Reproduced: no. 177, p. 58
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	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: 	no. 165
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	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 331, fig. 8
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

	Poster, Amy G. <em>From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art: [Exhibition]</em>. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 33, p. 102
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