Collection Online as of December 4, 2023
c. AD 200s-300s
Steatite
Overall: 9.8 x 14.2 cm (3 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.164
Location 242A Ancient India
Provenance ?–1972
(Ulrich von Schroeder [b. 1943], Zürich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1972–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972."
The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115. Mentioned: no. 283, p. 113
www.jstor.org
Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 72, p. 154
Sengupta, Arputha Rani. Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019. Mentioned and reproduced: Vol. 2, P. 374-375, fig. 7.19
Exhibition history
Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).
Year in Review: 1972 . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
