Fragmentary figure of a crouching yaksha, or nature spirit

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Fragmentary figure of a crouching yaksha, or nature spirit (EA1996.76, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

This dwarfish yaksha fragment originally supported a larger standing figure of a yakshi (part of her foot still remains).

Details

Title

Fragmentary figure of a crouching yaksha, or nature spirit
Associated place

Mathura district (place of creation)
Date

2nd century AD (AD 101 - 200)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600)
Material and technique

pink sandstone
Material index

sandstone
Technique index

carved
Object type

figurine;

religious/ritual equipment;

plinth
Dimensions

28 x 32 x 13 cm max. (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Purchased, 1996.
Museum location

Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1996.76

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Glossary of terms

yaksha

yakshi

Further reading

Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 101

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