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Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
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About this work
This powerful figure personifies the ideal of the young mother in the form of a nature goddess associated with birth and nourishment. Her iconic stance with the weight equally distributed on both feet indicates that this statue was an object of worship. Her extraordinary headdress, well preserved in the back, and full complement of jewels and ornaments, point to the idea of wealth, which leads to prosperity.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineNature Divinity (Yakshi), c. 75 CE. India, Mathura, Kshatrapa period (c. 20 BCE–114 CE). Mottled red sandstone; overall: 127.6 x 49 x 25.4 cm (50 1/4 x 19 5/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1968.104
