Brahma
late 900s-1000s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Brahma, late 900s-1000s. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola dynasty, late 10th - early 11th century. Granite; overall: 162.6 x 48 cm (64 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, this work was accepted in honor of Stanislaw Czuma in recognition of his long service to the CMA 2007.155 The back of the sculpture retains the original textured surface from a pointed chisel, suggesting it was in a niche or near a wall, protected from worshippers’ touches.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- granite
- Medium
- granite
- Dimensions
- Overall: 162.6 x 48 cm (64 x 18 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2007.155
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, this work was accepted in honor of Stanislaw Czuma in recognition of his long service to the CMA
- Exhibitions
- <em>Exhibition of Hindu, Khmer, Chinese Sculptures and Early Chinese Bronzes</em>. Wildenstein Galleries, New York, NY (1927)., <em>Manifestations of Shiva</em>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (1981-1982)., <em>Shiva and His Many Incarnations. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 24,2007-March 5, 2008).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 243 Indian and Southeast Asian
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