id:			151002
accession number:	1982.50
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.50
updated:		2025-08-07 23:41:04.938000

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
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. 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
	<i>Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art</i>. 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
	<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

	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.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 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. <em>Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 206, fig. C180
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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 <em>Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan Region.</em> 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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