id:			147529
accession number:	1973.39
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.39
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:21.617000

Necklace Beads in the Form of Fish, 185–72 BC. India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC). Gold repoussé with granulation; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1973.39

title:				Necklace Beads in the Form of Fish
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creation date:			185–72 BC
creation date earliest:		-185
creation date latest:		-72
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC)
technique:	gold repoussé with granulation
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga
type:		Jewelry
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff, New York, NY, ?-1973, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1973-present
	date: 1973-
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Jewelry in ancient India often consisted of elements associated with water, such as fish and other aquatic plants and animals. Since water is essential for life, imagery that connotes water is life-affirming, or auspicious, and therefore appropriate adornment.

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CITATIONS

	"The Year in Review for 1973." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 180, p. 79
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	Sengupta, Arputha Rani. <em>Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols</em>. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned: Vol. 1, P. 277-278; Reproduced: P. 280, fig. 5.70 a & b
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