Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Yaksha
- Date
- 300s CE
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, probably Kaushambi
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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. The figure wears a heavy, short necklace and originally wore earrings, of which only the left one remains.
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