Seated Yaksha
300–399
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 47.3 x 26 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, probably Kaushambi
About
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.