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Fertility Goddess

AD 100s

Pakistan, Gandhara, reportedly Charsada, early Kushan Period

(1st century-320)

Terracotta

Height: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1977.58

Location

242A Ancient India

Description

Female figures fashioned from terracotta were found at large man-made pools of water in early Buddhist sacred compounds. They indicate the importance of art and rites associated with fertility and childbirth among the Buddhist laity, of which women were a major component. The wreath, small breasts, and gentle modeling of her full-hipped body associate this figure with Greco-Roman imagery.

Provenance

?-1977

(Ulrich von Schroeder [b. 1943], Zürich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1977-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–43. Mentioned: no. 142, pp. 30 and 43; Reproduced: no. 142, p. 30 www.jstor.org

"Annual Report for 1977." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215. Mentioned: p. 191 www.jstor.org

Doshi, Saryu, ed. "The Royal Road. In India and Greece, Connections and Parallels. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1985. Reproduced: p. 8, fig. 4

Neils, Jenifer. "The Twain Shall Meet." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 6 (1985): 326-59. Reproduced: p. 331, fig. 7 www.jstor.org

Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 161–162, fig. 79

Hambly, Gavin, ed. Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 60

Exhibition history

Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November, 13, 1985-January 15, 1986), Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY (February 13-April 6, 1986), and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13-July 13, 1986).

Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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