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Pendant with Shri

Pendant with Shri

c. 100s CE

Description

A conflation of local and Hellenistic divinities, this goddess exemplifies abundance and prosperity. Like Tyche, she holds a cornucopia, overflowing with fruits and bounty, but it is in the form of a lotus flower, associated with the local Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri. To further emphasize this association, she holds a lotus flower in her right hand as well.
  • ?–1953
    (Mathias Komor [1909–1984], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1953–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Art and Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Archaeology, vol. 6, no. 4, 1953, pp. 195–202. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 200 41663172
    Ward, William E. “Gold Pendant from Sirkap.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 41, no. 8, 1954, pp. 192–193, 195. Mentioned: pp. 192–193; Reproduced: p. 195 25141984
    Rowland, Benjamin. Hellenistic Art in Asia: A Loan Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, December 28, 1954 - February 15, 1955. Cambridge, MA: The Museum, 1954. cat. no. 33
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 742 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 228 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 228 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 287 archive.org
    Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Reproduced: cat. no. 75, p. 157 -158
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 13 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.
    Bala Krishnan, Usha R., Meera Sushil Kumar, and Bharath Ramamrutham. Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India. New Delhi: India Book House, 1999. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 69, fig. 81
    Sengupta, Arputha Rani. Buddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019. Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. 1, P. 97-98, 2.58 a & b; Reproduced: Vol. 2, P. 531, fig. b & c
    Guy, John. Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023. Mentioned: pp. 190–191; Reproduced: p. 191, cat. 94
  • Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 13, 1985-January 15, 1986), Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY (February 13-April 6, 1986), and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13-July 13, 1986).
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