Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
Unknown Artist
c. 75 BCE
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
h. 11.5 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett
Accession Number
1973.24
About this artwork
This powerful female figure, softly modeled with full volumes, is heavily adorned with jewels and flowers. In her right hand she grasps a fruit and her left rests on her hip. A sense of movement is achieved through her raised left leg, curving pleat lines, swinging beads of her necklace, and her turning head.