Description
The power and frontality of this figure, whose bare feet are planted firmly on the ground, along with the corpulence of his protruding belly, suggest that the image may represent Kubera, or a yaksha worshiped for wealth and prosperity. Terracottas of large size like this one were usually modeled freely and incised with a wire tool.
Provenance
(Stolper Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1977); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1977–)
Accession Number
1977.175
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 47.3 x 26 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund