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Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFemale Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi), c. 75 BCE. India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Terracotta; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett, 1973.24
