id:			169268
accession number:	2011.148
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.148
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:30.985000

Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu, 700–800s. Central India, probably Madhya Pradesh. Sandstone; overall: 82 x 68.5 x 33.5 cm (32 5/16 x 26 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.148

title:				Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu
title in original language:	वराह
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creation date:			700–800s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		899
current location:		243 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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culture:	Central India, probably Madhya Pradesh
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Medieval
type:		Stone
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measurements: Overall: 82 x 68.5 x 33.5 cm (32 5/16 x 26 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Reinstallation of Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan
	opening date:   2024-10-12T04:00:00
	<i>Reinstallation of Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 12, 2024-November 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Adrian Maynard Oriental Art, London, UK, sold to John and Maxeen Flower)
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	Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928-2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011-
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CITATIONS

	“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2010-2011.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 62, 2012, pp. 105–153.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p.  121, fig. 18
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/43677806

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