id: 156279 accession number: 1992.116 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.116 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:46.261000 Male Figure, c. 100 BC. India, Bengal, Chandraketugarh area, Shunga period (c. 187–78 BC). Molded terracotta; overall: 38.1 x 15.9 cm (15 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund by exchange and Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1992.116 title: Male Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 100 BC creation date earliest: -110 creation date latest: -90 current location: 242A Ancient India creditline: Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund by exchange and Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: India, Bengal, Chandraketugarh area, Shunga period (c. 187–78 BC) technique: Molded terracotta department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Sunga type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 38.1 x 15.9 cm (15 x 6 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Selected Acquisitions opening date: 1993-02-09T05:00:00 Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1992 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1992– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This idealized male figure appears to be the epitome of wealth and success—the attributes sought by a faithful devotee who performs regular worship at a sacred site. The bulbous turban with finely incised textile patterning is characteristic of the style from this period, as are the pinched facial features and the hem of the lower garment that swirls out around the legs. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. page number: Reproduced: p. 53, no. 432; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 432 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.116/1992.116_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.116/1992.116_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.116/1992.116_full.tif