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accession number:	1965.557
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Surya, the Sun God, early 700s. India, Kashmir. Brass; overall: 50.4 cm (19 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer 1965.557

title:				Surya, the Sun God
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creation date:			early 700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		725
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Kashmir
technique:	brass
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 50.4 cm (19 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff [1906-1991], New York, NY, sold to Katharine Holden Thayer [1898-1985] for gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1965
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1965–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 231
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n255

	“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1965.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 20, 1966, pp. 84–113.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 88, fig. 13
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/20110986

	Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 53, no. 7, 1966, pp. 181–284.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 158, p. 255; Mentioned: no. 158, p. 285
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152110

	Lee, Sherman E. “Clothed in the Sun: A Buddha and a Surya from Kashmir.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 2, 1967, pp. 42–63.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 48, figs. 5 and 6
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152142

	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. 231
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n255

	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>Bronzes of Kashmir</em>. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1975.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 17, p. 82, pp. 20, 34
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	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. 293
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n313

	Schroeder, Ulrich von.<em> Indo-Tibetan Bronzes</em>. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 112, no. 13F; Reproduced: p. 113
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	Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., and Maximilian Klimburg. <em>The Silk Route and the Diamond Path: Esoteric Buddhist Art on the Trans-Himalayan Trade Routes</em>. Los Angeles, CA: Published under the sponsorship of the UCLA Art Council, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 108, pl. 39
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	Czuma, Stanislaw. "A Unique Addition to the School of Kashmiri Ivories." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 8 (1988): 298-319.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 310, fig. 18
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160044

	Reedy, Chandra L. <em>Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 154, fig. K41
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	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>Sindh, Past Glory, Present Nostalgia</em>. Mumbai: Marg Publications on behalf of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14, fig. 5
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	Vajrācārya, Gautamavajra, and Vidya Dehejia. <em>Frog Hymns and Rain Babies: Monsoon Culture and the Art of Ancient South Asia</em>. Mumbai: Marg Foundation, 2013.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 75, fig. 4.1
	url:		

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