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Necklace Bead and Pair of Pendants in the Shape of an Auspicious Symbol

Necklace Bead and Pair of Pendants in the Shape of an Auspicious Symbol

c. 150 BCE
(185–78 BCE)
gold
John L. Severance Fund 1973.66
Location: 242A Ancient India

Description

These exceptionally fine pieces of gold jewelry would have been strung on a necklace. The auspicious symbols on either side of the egg-shaped bead are in the form of full blown lotus flowers with the seed pods carefully detailed, and trident-shaped forms decorated with stylized palmette motifs emanate down from the lotuses.
  • ?-1973
    (William H. Wolff [1906-1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1973-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "The Year in Review for 1973." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78. Mentioned: no. 180, p. 79; Reproduced: no. 180, p. 58 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 286 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 11 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. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 110–111
    Sengupta, Arputha Rani. Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019. Reproduced: Vol. 1, P. 28, fig. 1.46; Vol. 2, P. 520, fig. a; Mentioned: Vol. 1, P. 25
    Guy, John. Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023. Reproduced: p. 58
  • Science within Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-April 20, 1980).
  • {{cite web|title=Necklace Bead and Pair of Pendants in the Shape of an Auspicious Symbol|url=false|author=|year=c. 150 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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