id:			150998
accession number:	1982.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.47
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:19.009000

Goddess Mahabhairavi, 1000s. India, Himachal Pradesh, 11th century. Bronze; overall: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.47

title:				Goddess Mahabhairavi
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series:				
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creation date:			1000s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1100
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Himachal Pradesh, 11th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Himalayas:  An Aesthetic Adventure
	opening date:   2003-04-05T00:00:00
	<i>Himalayas:  An Aesthetic Adventure</i>. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (April 5-August 17, 2003); Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (October 19, 2003-January 11, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Pan Asia Collection
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	(Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982–
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wall description:
The wrathful aspect of Shiva is called Bhairava, and his consort is called Bhairavi. She is here shown seated on the shoulders of Bhairava. A crown of skulls adorns each of the heads of this remarkable pair of deities. Her topmost head is the most ferocious, with her mouth wide open, baring her teeth. Her form is youthful and beautiful, but her multiple arms show her dominating power. For this reason this image of Bhairavi is called maha or "great."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799

	Reedy, Chandra L. <em>Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 178, fig. H107
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	Pal, Pratapaditya, Amy Heller, Oskar von Hinüber, and Gautamavajra Vajrācārya. <em>Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure</em>. Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago in association with University of California Press and Mapin Pub, 2003.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 82, p. 131
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	Donaldson, Thomas E. <em>Síva-Pārvatī and Allied Images: Their Iconography and Body Language</em>. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2007.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 321, fig. 302
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