Seated Yaksha

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–)

Seated Yaksha

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300s CE

Accession Number

1977.175

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

Overall: 47.3 x 26 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund