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Aug 19, 2021

Eight Armed Shiva Dancing Between Two Pillars

900s–1000s

India, Rajasthan, Chandela Dynasty, 10th - 11th century

Sandstone

Overall: 46.4 x 45.7 x 22.2 cm (18 1/4 x 18 x 8 3/4 in.)

James Parmelee Fund 1958.288

Location

not on view

Provenance

?–1958

(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1958–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

"Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums." Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America 13 (1959): 89-105. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 92, fig. 12 www.jstor.org

"Annual Report of the Year 1958." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 6 (1959): 111-58. Mentioned: p. 131; Reproduced: p. 129 www.jstor.org

Marcus, Margaret F. "Two Indian Stone Sculptures." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 7 (1959): 164-67. Mentioned: pp. 164–167; Reproduced: p. 165 www.jstor.org

Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 37, p. 44

Exhibition history

Wooster College Exhibition. The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH (organizer) (April 5-27, 1970).

Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

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