Relief Depicting Kubera Seated in Royal Ease
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This panel depicts an obese crowned figure—best identified as Kubera, the ancient Indian yaksha (nature deity) entrusted as the guardian of the divine treasury and, by extension, the bestower of wealth—seated in royal ease. It was positioned flanking the stairway entrance where the god could endow worthy worshippers. Kubera is flanked by two female attendants, who fan him with fly whisks (camara). His crown and torque are elaborated in the northern Indian manner, as seen at a number of sixth-century Gupta sites.
cat. no. 152
cat. no. 152
Artwork Details
- Title: Relief Depicting Kubera Seated in Royal Ease
- Date: late 7th–8th century
- Culture: Central Thailand
- Medium: Stucco
- Dimensions: H. 34 5/8 in. (88 cm); W. 36 in. (91.4 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Lent by Phra Pathom Chedi National Museum, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand (T.15B/28/2521)
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art