Seated Surya (God of the Sun)

Period:: Thakuri dynasty

Date:: 9th century

Culture:: Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)

Medium:: Copper alloy

Dimensions:: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Classification:: Sculpture

Credit Line:: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987

Accession Number:: 1987.142.353

Not on view

Samuel Eilenberg , New York (until 1987; donated to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection," October 2, 1991–June 28, 1992.

Timelines
Himalayan Region, 500–1000 A.D.

The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection

Department

Asian Art (35,507)

Object Type / Material

Copper (9,958)

Copper alloy (18,995)

Geographic Location

Kathmandu Valley (158)

Nepal (220)

Date / Era

A.D. 500–1000 (6,839)

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom, in an Awesome Aspect

Date: 10th century Medium: Gilt-copper alloy with color and gold paint Accession: 1982.220.13 On view in:Gallery 252

Vishnu

Date: 10th–11th century Medium: Gilt-copper alloy Accession: 1986.501.8 On view in:Gallery 252

The Bodhisattva Padmapani Lokeshvara

Date: 11th century Medium: Copper alloy with gilding and semiprecious stones Accession: 1982.220.2 On view in:Gallery 252

Shiva Seated with Parvati

Date: 11th century Medium: Copper alloy Accession: 1987.218.1 On view in:Gallery 252

Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion

Date: 10th century Medium: Copper alloy Accession: 1982.220.14 On view in:Gallery 252