The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Moon God Chandra(?) in His Chariot with Wife and Attendant

The Moon God Chandra(?) in His Chariot with Wife and Attendant

Period:: Shunga period
Date:: 2nd–1st century B.C.
Culture:: India (West Bengal)
Medium:: Ivory
Dimensions:: 1 15/16 x 3 1/16 in. (4.9 x 7.8 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Purchase, John Stewart and Arnold Lieberman, Kurt Berliner, Jann S. and Jane Wenner, Nancy Wiener Gallery, Helene and Philippe Leloup and Anonymous Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2004
Accession Number:: 2004.173

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 234

Description

The sky deity portrayed here is first mentioned in the Vedic hymns of about 1500 B.C. and was eventually incorporated into the Hindu pantheon.
Provenance

George Sheridan , Majorca, Spain, late 1960s–about 2002 ; [ John Eskenazi Ltd. , London, 2002–04; sold to MMA]
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What
Fragments (15,188)

Bone (6,328)

Ivory (5,389)

Bowls (5,014)
Where
Asia (68,071)

India (3,611)

West Bengal (26)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,222)
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South Asia, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.