id: 151002
accession number: 1982.50
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Vajravarahi, 1300s. Tibet. Gilt bronze with turquoise inlay; overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1982.50
title: Vajravarahi
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creation date: 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1399
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Tibet
technique: gilt bronze with turquoise inlay
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Tibetan Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1982
opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
title: Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art
opening date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00
Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013).
title: Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
opening date: 2022-11-11T05:00:00
Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art. 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
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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55.
page number: Reproduced: p. 31; Mentioned: p. 54, no. 105
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799
Reedy, Chandra L. Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
page number: Reproduced: p. 206, fig. C180
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 221
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Cameron, Ainsley M., and Forrest McGill. "Introduction." In Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan Region. Forrest McGill, ed., 10–17. San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum, 2022.
page number: Reproduced: p. 17; Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 106, no. 10
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