The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Attendant of Surya, the Sun God

320–650 CE
Overall: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1968
    George P. Bickford [1901-1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903-1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1968–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1968." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56, no. 1 (1969): 3-50. Mentioned: no. 137, p. 49; Reproduced: no. 137, p. 31 www.jstor.org
    “Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1968.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 23, 1969, pp. 58–87. Mentioned: p. 78 20111014
    Dwivedi, Vinod P. “Mathura Art in the Museums of the United States of America.” Journal of Indian Museums, 1973, pp. 25–26. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 25-26, fig. 2
    Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 109, fig. 37 25152680
    Pal, Pratapaditya. The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. [New York]: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 55, p. 104
  • The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. 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).
    Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
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