id:			151533
accession number:	1983.79
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.79
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:52.371000

Crouching Dwarf Musician, 200–100 BCE. India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Terracotta; overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1983.79

title:				Crouching Dwarf Musician
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creation date:			200–100 BCE
creation date earliest:		-200
creation date latest:		-100
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)
technique:	terracotta
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* {'description': '<em>From Indian Earth: 4000 Years of Terracotta Art</em>. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (January 16-April 14, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-01-16T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Navin Kumar Inc., New York, NY, sold 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: no. 243, p. 77; Reproduced: no. 243, p. 66
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159848

	Poster, Amy G. <em>From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art : [Exhibition]</em>. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 38, p. 106
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	Guy, John. <em>Tree &amp; Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. </em>Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 49-50; Reproduced: p. 50, cat. 18
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