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Pendant with Shri

c. AD 100s

Pakistan, Gandhara, Sirkap, Kushan Period

(1st century-320)

Gold repoussé and carnelian

Diameter: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.14

Location

242A Ancient India

Description

A conflation of local and Hellenistic divinities, this goddess exemplifies abundance and prosperity. Like Tyche, she holds a cornucopia, overflowing with fruits and bounty, but it is in the form of a lotus flower, associated with the local Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri. To further emphasize this association, she holds a lotus flower in her right hand as well.

Provenance

?–1953

(Mathias Komor [1909–1984], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1953–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

“Art and Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Archaeology, vol. 6, no. 4, 1953, pp. 195–202. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 200 www.jstor.org

Ward, William E. “Gold Pendant from Sirkap.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 41, no. 8, 1954, pp. 192–193, 195. Mentioned: pp. 192–193; Reproduced: p. 195 www.jstor.org

Rowland, Benjamin. Hellenistic Art in Asia: A Loan Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, December 28, 1954 - February 15, 1955. Cambridge, MA: The Museum, 1954. cat. no. 33

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 742 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 228 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 228 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 287 archive.org

Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Reproduced: cat. no. 75, p. 157 -158

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 13 archive.org

Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.

Bala Krishnan, Usha R., Meera Sushil Kumar, and Bharath Ramamrutham. Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India. New Delhi: India Book House, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 69, fig. 81

Sengupta, Arputha Rani. Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019. Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. 1, P. 97-98, 2.58 a & b; Reproduced: Vol. 2, P. 531, fig. b & c

Guy, John. Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023. Mentioned: pp. 190–191; Reproduced: p. 191, cat. 94

Exhibition history

Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 13, 1985-January 15, 1986), Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY (February 13-April 6, 1986), and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13-July 13, 1986).

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