id:			149128
accession number:	1977.58
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updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:41.537000

Fertility Goddess, 100s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, reportedly Charsada, early Kushan period. Terracotta; height: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.58

title:				Fertility Goddess
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creation date:			100s CE
creation date earliest:		100
creation date latest:		199
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Pakistan, Gandhara, reportedly Charsada, early Kushan period
technique:	terracotta
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: height: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
	opening date:   1985-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November, 13, 1985-January 15, 1986), Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY (February 13-April 6, 1986), and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13-July 13, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-02-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Ulrich von Schroeder [b. 1943], Zürich, Switzerland, 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–43.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 142, pp. 30 and 43; Reproduced: no. 142, p. 30
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159560

	"Annual Report for 1977." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 191
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159587

	Doshi, Saryu, ed. "The Royal Road. In <em>India and Greece, Connections and Parallels</em>. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1985.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p. 8, fig. 4
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	Neils, Jenifer. "The Twain Shall Meet." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 6 (1985): 326-59.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 331, fig. 7
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 161–162, fig. 79
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	Hambly, Gavin, ed. <em>Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety</em>. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 60
	url:		

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