Head of a Rishi
c. AD 125–150
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Head of a Rishi, c. AD 125–150. Northern India, Mathura, Kushan period (c. 80-320). Stone; overall: 27.7 x 24 cm (10 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1971.41 The beard and thick dreadlocks identify this image as that of a rishi, a wise sage and Brahmin priest of Hinduism. Few examples of rishis survive in the round from this period.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- stone
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27.7 x 24 cm (10 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1971.41
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Yoga: The Art of Transformation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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