The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Forehead Pendant with Sun God Surya in a Chariot with Attendants
1600s or 1700s
Overall: 8 x 4.6 cm (3 1/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1915.337
Location: 237 Himalayan
Did You Know?
The golden figure below the Sun God is the Dawn, driving the five-horse chariot across the sky.Description
This pendant was made to hang on a sculpture of a deity under worship in a Nepalese temple. The image of the Sun God, venerated by both Buddhists and Hindus, is carved in translucent golden stones set into a framework of gold wire.He holds two lotuses with emeralds in the center.- ?-1915Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857-1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859-1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1915-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Materials of the Artist. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-December 12, 1958).Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
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