These four gold repoussé plaques depict various Buddhist and animist deities. Objects such as these would have been deposited as offerings in religious monuments such as stupas. The center plaque features a standing figure, perhaps a lunar deity. The leaping hare in the halo is a pan-Asian reference to the moon.
Details
- Title: Plaque with Lunar Deity
- Date: 7th century
- Medium: Gold repoussé
- Dimensions: 3-3/4 x 1-7/8 in. (9.5 x 4.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1975.15.1.3.S
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation
Object Information
The Universe: Creation, Constellations and the Cosmos
- Norton Simon Museum, 2001-02-04 to 2001-06-04
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art: Selections from the Norton Simon Museum, fig. 2c p. 62
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 3: Art from Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia, 2004, no. 83 pp. 48, 102-103, 109, 112, 114-115, 116
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1276c p. 389
- Lost Kingdoms: Hindu Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 2014, n. 7 p. 244
Image reproduction permission may be granted for scholarly or arts related commercial use. All image requests, regardless of their intended purpose, should be submitted via the reproduction request form.
Images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Additional permission may be required.
Approved requests for the reproduction of an image will receive a contract detailing all fees and conditions of use of the image. Upon receipt of both the signed contract and full payment, the Office of Rights and Reproductions will provide the image. A complimentary copy of the published material must be provided to the Norton Simon Museum.