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Crouching Dwarf Musician

200–100 BCE

India, Shunga period

(185–78 BCE)

Terracotta

Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1983.79

Location

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Two holes at the top and bottom of the figure indicate that this object worked as a whistle.

Description

Images of dwarfs referenced the fertility of the earth. With lush curling hair, portly full body, and visible genitals, this figure squats close to the earth and plays on a double flute pipe instrument.

Provenance

?–1983

(Navin Kumar Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1983–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Turner, Evan H. "Year in Review for 1983." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 2 (1984): 38-79. Mentioned: no. 243, p. 77; Reproduced: no. 243, p. 66 www.jstor.org

Poster, Amy G. From Indian Earth: 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art : [Exhibition]. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 38, p. 106

Guy, John. Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023. Mentioned: p. 49-50; Reproduced: p. 50, cat. 18

Exhibition history

From Indian Earth: 4000 Years of Terracotta Art. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (January 16-April 14, 1986).

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

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