id:			152487
accession number:	1985.31
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.31
updated:		2025-07-03 11:29:22.036000

Head of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 300s–400s CE. Afghanistan or Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period. Stucco with traces of paint; overall: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.31

title:				Head of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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creation date:			300s–400s CE
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		499
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Afghanistan or Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period
technique:	stucco with traces of paint
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(David Tremayne, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 340, fig. 26
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

	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. 125, p. 221
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