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Collection Online as of November 28, 2023

Bird with Human Head, possibly Hermes

c. AD 200s-300s

Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period

(1st century-320)

Bronze

Overall: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)

Gift of Peter Marks 1972.365

Location

242A Ancient India

Provenance
?–1972
Peter Marks, New York, NY, given 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: fig. 291, p. 114 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. 96, p. 183
Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art (11/13/1985-1/15/1986), Asia Society Galleries, NYC (2/13-4/6/1986), and Seattle Art Museum (5/13-7/13/1986): "Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India"

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.365