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Male Figure
c. 100 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Male Figure
- Date Created: c. 100 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 38.1 x 15.9 cm (15 x 6 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.116
- Medium: Molded terracotta
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: India, Bengal, Chandraketugarh area, Shunga period (c. 187–78 BC)
- Credit Line: Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund by exchange and Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Collection: Indian Art - Sunga
- Accession Number: 1992.116
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