id:			149034
accession number:	1977.176
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.176
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:40.995000

Conch Shell with a Figure of Hevajra, 1100s. Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Period, 12th-13th Century. Shell and bronze; overall: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.176

title:				Conch Shell with a Figure of Hevajra
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Period, 12th-13th Century
technique:	shell and bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art
	opening date:   2013-05-05T00:00:00
	<i>Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013).

	title:		Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
	opening date:   2017-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2017-March 25, 2018).

	title:		Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
	opening date:   2022-11-11T05:00:00
	<i>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (November 11, 2022-February 5, 2023) https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (March 31-July 10, 2023) https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/beyond-bollywood-2000-years-of-dance-in-art/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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CITATIONS

	"Annual Report for 1977." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 6 (June 1978): 177–215.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 192
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159587

	Woodward, Hiram W., and Donna K. Strahan. <em>The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand: The Alexander B. Griswold Collection, the Walters Art Gallery</em>. Baltimore, MD: The Gallery, 1997.
	page number: 	cat. no. 88, p. 92
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	McGill, Forrest. <em>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan Region.</em> San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 148, no. 34
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