Section from a Portable Shrine

Description

Figures of deities who protect children are featured in this relief carving. A form of Skanda holding a bird and a flower stands next to a regal yakshi with pointed rodent or elephant ears. A diminutive figure who may be a child is shown kneeling at his feet. Above, the six-headed mother goddess Shashthi sits next to Skanda, holding the spear.

Provenance

(Peter Marks, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1973); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1973–)

Section from a Portable Shrine

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100s CE

Accession Number

1973.76

Medium

gray schist

Dimensions

Overall: 14.6 x 6 cm (5 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund