Seated Yaksha
AD 300s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Seated Yaksha, AD 300s. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, probably Kaushambi. Terracotta; overall: 47.3 x 26 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.175 The power and frontality of this figure, whose bare feet are planted firmly on the ground, along with the corpulence of his protruding belly, suggest that the image may represent Kubera, or a yaksha worshiped for wealth and prosperity. Terracottas of large size like this one were usually modeled freely and incised with a wire tool. The figure wears a heavy, short necklace and originally wore earrings, of which only the left one remains.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- terracotta
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 47.3 x 26 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1977.175
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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