Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of a Rishi
- Date
- c. 125–150 CE
- Medium
- stone
- Culture
- Northern India, Mathura, Kushan period
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The beard and thick dreadlocks identify this image as that of a rishi, a wise sage and Brahmin priest of Hinduism. Few examples of rishis survive in the round from this period.
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