id:			130373
accession number:	1953.14
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.14
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:27.320000

Pendant with Shri, c. 100s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, Sirkap, Kushan period. Gold repoussé and carnelian; diameter: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.14

title:				Pendant with Shri
title in original language:	
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creation date:			c. 100s CE
creation date earliest:		90
creation date latest:		200
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Pakistan, Gandhara, Sirkap, Kushan period
technique:	gold repoussé and carnelian
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Diameter: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India.</em> 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).', 'opening_date': '1986-02-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Mathias Komor [1909–1984], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1953
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1953–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Art and Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Archaeology</em>, vol. 6, no. 4, 1953, pp. 195–202.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 200
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/41663172

	Ward, William E. “Gold Pendant from Sirkap.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 41, no. 8, 1954, pp. 192–193, 195.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 192–193; Reproduced: p. 195
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141984

	Rowland, Benjamin. <em>Hellenistic Art in Asia: A Loan Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, December 28, 1954 - February 15, 1955</em>. Cambridge, MA: The Museum, 1954.
	page number: 	cat. no. 33
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 742
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n135

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 228
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n252

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 228
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n252

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 287
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n307

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. K<em>ushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 75, p. 157 -158
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n28

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
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	Bala Krishnan, Usha R., Meera Sushil Kumar, and Bharath Ramamrutham. <em>Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India</em>. New Delhi: India Book House, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 69, fig. 81
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	Sengupta, Arputha Rani. <em>Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols. </em>Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. 1, P. 97-98, 2.58 a & b; Reproduced: Vol. 2, P. 531, fig. b & c
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	Guy, John. <em>Tree &amp; Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. </em>Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 190–191; Reproduced: p. 191, cat. 94
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