Description
The bust of a female figure in the center of the lotus medallion grasps a cluster of round flowers, probably kadamba, in her right hand. An embroidered coif crisscrosses over her head, and a lotus-shaped medallion ornaments her brow. Like a yakshi, or nature divinity, she embodies life-giving forces of nature.
Provenance
The Pan-Asian Collection, New York, NY (?-1982); (Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982–)
Accession Number
1982.44.b
Medium
plum-colored sandstone
Dimensions
Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
