id:			314480
accession number:	2018.175
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.175
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:05.679000

A Prince Performs Austerities (recto); Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740), 1700s. Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa). Gum tempera and lampblack on palm leaf; leaf: 5.1 x 41 cm (2 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.175

title:				A Prince Performs Austerities (recto); Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa)
technique:	gum tempera and lampblack on palm leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Leaf: 5.1 x 41 cm (2 x 16 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	kailasakandara
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	inscription:	1
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	inscription:	e pancagni gartta acchi
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	inscription:	e rajāpua tapasā kari
sivapūjā kari acchi
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	inscription:	agni jalum accchi
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mace, Sonya Rhie. “A Page from Supernatural Love: Collaboration often leads to unanticipated discoveries.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 4 (July/August 2019): 12.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 12.
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IMAGES

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