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Title:Quoit (Chakra)
Date:18th–19th century
Culture:Indian, Sikh
Medium:Steel, gold
Dimensions:Dia. (inner) 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Dia. (outer) 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification:Miscellaneous
Credit Line:Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Number:36.25.2876
[William Ockelford Oldman, London, before 1935; sold to Stone]; George Cameron Stone, New York (by 1934–d. November 18, 1935; his bequest to MMA).
Egerton, Wilbraham, Lord. Indian and Oriental Armour. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, pp. 126-30, nos. 613–15.
Buttin, Charles. Les Anneaux-Disques Préhistoriques et les Tchakras de l'Inde. Annecy: Impr. Abry, 1903.
Holstein, P. Contribution à l'Étude des Armes Orientales: Inde et Archipel Malais. Vol. 1. Paris: A. Lévy, 1931. pp. 127–45.
Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Portland, ME: Southworth Press, 1934. p. 168, fig. 212.6.
Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. New York: Jack Brussel, Pub., 1961. p. 168, fig. 212.6.
Stone, George Cameron, and Donald J. La Rocca. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1999. p. 168, fig. 212.6.
Wijesekera, O. H. De A. "Discoid Weapons in Ancient India: A Study of Vedic Cakra, Pavi and Ksurapavi ." The Adyar Library Bulletin pp. 250–61.
Auboyer, Jeannine, Musée Guimet, and Musée Cernuschi, Musée des Arts de l'Asie de la Ville de Paris. "Quelques Reflexsions a propos du Cakra, Arme Offensive." Arts Asiatiques pp. 119–30.
Begley, Wayne Edison. Viṣṇu's flaming wheel : the iconography of the Sudarśana-cakra. New York: New York University Press, 1973.
Welch, Stuart Cary. Room for Wonder: Indian Paintings During the British Period, 1760–1880. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1978. pp. 128–29, no. 57, ill.
Aijazuddin, F. S. Sikh portraits by European artists. London: Sotheby's, London, 1979. p. 32, pl. I, n. 26; pp. 35, 60, no. 50.
Roebuck, Valerie J. "Weapons as Symbols in Art and Religion." In Symbols in Art and Religion: The Indian and the Comparative Perspectives. London: Curzon, 1990. p. 151.
Warm and rich and fearless : a catalogue produced to accompany the exhibition ... (9 March-2 June 1991). 1991. no. 85.
Royal Armouries. Royal Armouries Museums [Guide]. Leeds, UK, 1996. p. 20, ill.
Stronge, Susan, Khushwant Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Patwant Singh, A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, B. N. Goswamy, Rosemary Crill, Ian Knight, David Jones, B. N. Goswamy, F. S. Aijazuddin, and Divia Patel. The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, edited by Susan Stronge. London, 1999. p. 210, no. 9.
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