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

c. 150 BCE

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India, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh, Shunga period

(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.

Provenance

?-1973

(William H. Wolff [1906-1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1973-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

"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

Exhibition history

Science within Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-April 20, 1980).

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

India, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh, Shunga period

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