id: 157109 accession number: 1993.240 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.240 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:51.602000 Miniature Female Head, AD 100s. India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320). Sandstone; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Everett in memory of Mr. Morris Everett 1993.240 title: Miniature Female Head title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: AD 100s creation date earliest: 100 creation date latest: 199 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Everett in memory of Mr. Morris Everett copyright: --- culture: India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320) technique: sandstone department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Kushan, Mathura type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mr. Morris Everett Sr. [1910–1993] and Mrs. Eleanor Egan Everett [1911–2012], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1993 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1993– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Against the backdrop of the large-scale monumental sculpture for which the Mathura school is justly noted, this miniature head may appear insignificant; however, it exemplifies on a diminutive scale qualities of style and execution that not only parallel developments noticeable on monumental sculpture but also reflect a certain freedom of treatment of facial details that clearly denotes that while the artist worked in a minor key, the creation was neither inconsequential nor a sequacious rendering of the major sculptural trends of large-scale sculptures from Mathura. This small female head is comparable to the yaksi in the CMA's 1965.250 in several readily apparent details of form and type. The dual strands of the large-beaded necklace, the oversized ear ornament, and the hairstyle with the lalatika in the circular, severely defined central section of the coiffure are reductive echoes of the larger sculpture that clearly suggest an analogous date for this head. While repeating some of the features of the yaksi, this small head retains an individuality and distinctness by means of fine details such as the indented secondary line defining the upper lip of the slightly parted mouth and the chiseled clarity of the nose and brows of this sloe-eyed image. The fullness of the facial planes and the sensuous curves of the full, lower lip, while accentuating by contrast the almost metallic quality of the eye and nose, also quite compellingly link this head with the larger yaksis. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.240/1993.240_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.240/1993.240_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.240/1993.240_full.tif