The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 9, 2023

Male Figure

c. 100 BCE

India, Bengal, Chandraketugarh area, Shunga period

(185–78 BCE)

Molded terracotta

Overall: 38.1 x 15.9 cm (15 x 6 1/4 in.)

Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund by exchange and Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1992.116

Location

242A Ancient India

Description

This idealized male figure appears to be the epitome of wealth and success—the attributes sought by a faithful devotee who performs regular worship at a sacred site. The bulbous turban with finely incised textile patterning is characteristic of the style from this period, as are the pinched facial features and the hem of the lower garment that swirls out around the legs.

Provenance
?–1992
(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1992–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. Reproduced: p. 53, no. 432; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 432 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.116