Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
c. 75 BC
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi), c. 75 BC. India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC). Terracotta; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett 1973.24 This powerful female figure, softly modeled with full volumes, is heavily adorned with jewels and flowers. In her right hand she grasps a fruit and her left rests on her hip. A sense of movement is achieved through her raised left leg, curving pleat lines, swinging beads of her necklace, and her turning head.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- terracotta
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1973.24
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett
- Exhibitions
- <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982)., <em>From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art</em>. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (January 16-April 14, 1986).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 242A Ancient India
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