id:			143895
accession number:	1968.281
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updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:21.199000

Attendant of Surya, the Sun God, 320–650 CE. India, Mathura, Gupta Period (320-647). Sandstone; overall: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1968.281

title:				Attendant of Surya, the Sun God
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creation date:			320–650 CE
creation date earliest:		320
creation date latest:		650
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creditline:			Gift of George P. Bickford
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culture:	India, Mathura, Gupta Period (320-647)
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	title:		The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence
	opening date:   1978-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</i>. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George P. Bickford [1901-1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903-1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1968." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 56, no. 1 (1969): 3-50.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 137, p. 49; Reproduced: no. 137, p. 31
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152250

	“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1968.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 23, 1969, pp. 58–87.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 78
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/20111014

	Dwivedi, Vinod P. “Mathura Art in the Museums of the United States of America.” <em>Journal of Indian Museums</em>, 1973, pp. 25–26.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 25-26, fig. 2
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	Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 109, fig. 37
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152680

	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence</em>. [New York]: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 55, p. 104
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