A Yakshi Grasping a Tree

Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Ancient region of Gandhara)

Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

Medium

Gray schist

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

97.8 × 24.8 × 9.6 cm (38 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Culture

Gandhara

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Samuel M. Nickerson Fund

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Sculpture
• Trees and forests
• 2nd century
• Brown