Plaque with the seated figure of Surya, the sun god
Details
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Title
Plaque with the seated figure of Surya, the sun god
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Associated place
north India (place of creation)Mathura district (possible) (possible place of creation) -
Date
5th - 8th century (AD 401 - 800) -
Material and technique
grey stone, probably Schist or Chlorite, carved, incised,
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Object type
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Dimensions
9.5 cm (height)
8.7 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1998.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1998.212
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Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 152
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