Seated Yaksha
Unknown Artist
300s CE
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
47.3 × 26 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1977.175
About this artwork
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.