id:			151938
accession number:	1984.220
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.220
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:53.700000

Head of a Bodhisattva, 75–early 100s CE. India, Mathura, Kushan period. Red sandstone; overall: 50.8 x 25.4 cm (20 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in memory of Christian Humann 1984.220

title:				Head of a Bodhisattva
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creation date:			75–early 100s CE
creation date earliest:		50
creation date latest:		149
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in memory of Christian Humann
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culture:	India, Mathura, Kushan period
technique:	red sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Mathura
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 50.8 x 25.4 cm (20 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1984
	opening date:   1985-04-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
	opening date:   1985-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Buddha in India
	opening date:   1995-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Buddha in India</i>. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (organizer) (April 2-July 16, 1995).

	title:		Buddha
	opening date:   1998-04-11T00:00:00
	<i>Buddha</i>. Tobu Museum of Art (April 11-June 28, 1998); Nara National Museum (July 11-August 30, 1998); Nagoya City Art Museum (September 9-October 11, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1984
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1984–
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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1984." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (1985): 163-207.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 162, p. 206
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159897

	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection</em>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 3
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	Heeramaneck, Alice N. <em>Masterpieces of Indian Sculpture: From the Former Collections of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, Introduction and Descriptive Catalogue</em>. [Place of publication not identified]: A.N. Heeramaneck, 1979.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 25
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	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 80
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