The Hindu solar deity Surya is generally represented as a regal figure with a crown, holding two lotus blossoms in his upraised hands. He has a prominent halo decorated with a bead motif, geometric patterns and flames, as do his two attendants. Dandi, on Surya's left, is the god's measurer, while Pingala, on his right, is the recorder who writes down mankind's good and bad deeds. Surya's crowned head is set off by a large, plain halo that manifests his solar affiliation.
Details
- Title: Surya with Dandi and Pingala
- Date: 8th century
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: 7-1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1977.30.13.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
- Ray, Nihar Ranjan, Karl Khandalavala, and Sadishiv Gorakshkar, Eastern Indian Bronzes, 1986, no. 209, fig. 209 pp. 55, 148
- Dye III, Joseph M., Asian Art: Selections from the Norton Simon Museum, 1988, fig. 14 p. 32
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, no. 144 p. 185
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1466 p. 410
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