Kali on Shiva, from a Tantric Devi Series
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0102
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0102; 2014.650
- Author or attribution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Record type
- Museum record
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- n.d.
- Source / repository
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Art, Iconography, and Epigraphic Studies; Tantras and Esoteric Literature
Description and curator notes
The written entry discusses a Tantric goddess painting associated with Mandi and explains its cremation-ground setting and the relation between Kali and Shiva. It offers a concise guide to imagery used for meditation and worship, supported by the object’s technical and collection information. The cataloged source is the complete museum record, not an edition of the underlying Tantric texts.
KALI-0102 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.
Author / attribution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Publication: Cleveland Museum of Art · n.d.
Artwork dated c. 1810; accession 2014.650.
Format / language: Museum catalog record · English
Artwork date: c. 1810 (not the publication date of this catalog record)
Identifier: 2014.650
Kali relevance: Written documentation of Kali iconography in a museum collection.
Context: Indian painting; Kalighat and Himalayan regional traditions.
Subjects: Art, Iconography, and Epigraphic Studies; Tantras and Esoteric Literature
Evidence / reliability: Institutional or scholarly secondary source
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Free-to-read catalog text. The object page permits reuse of the artwork image; that statement should not automatically be extended to all modern prose.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.650
Source access
Read or locate the original source at Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Free-to-read catalog text. The object page permits reuse of the artwork image; that statement should not automatically be extended to all modern prose. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. Kali on Shiva, from a Tantric Devi Series. Cleveland Museum of Art · n.d..
This page supplies catalogue metadata and links. It does not reproduce the underlying source text. Historical, religious, healing and interpretive claims belong to the cited sources, not to an independent verification by this catalogue.