id:			151294
accession number:	1983.153
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.153
updated:		2023-08-23 22:47:20.722000

Devi, 600s–700s. Nepal. Gilt bronze; overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1983.153

title:				Devi
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series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			600s–700s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		799
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of George P. Bickford
copyright:			

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culture:	Nepal
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection
	opening date:   1975-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-February 16, 1975).

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1983
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1983–
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wall description:
Exuding power and grace this diminutive image of a goddess is one of the earliest surviving bronze sculptures from Nepal. Her broad hips and simple, elegant garments and jewelry barely interrupt the contours of her form. Her lowered right hand, in the gift-giving gesture, holds a fruit, and her left hand once held the stem of a flower.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Czuma, Stanislaw J.<em> Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection: Catalog</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 26; Reproduced: cover and cat. no. 26
	url:		

	Turner, Evan H. “Year in Review for 1983.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71, no. 2 (1984): 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 77, no. 245; Reproduced: p. 59, no. 245
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159848

	Reedy, Chandra L.<em> Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 221, fig. N222
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	Takac Panza, Jane. "Mr. Bickford's Asian Adventures", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 46 no. 05, May/June 2006
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-05/page/12

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