A yellow sandstone temple lintel from Uttar Pradesh, Central India, carved circa 550 to 575 CE, of a type set over temple entrances in northern and central India to invoke the nine planetary deities for good fortune. Eight figures survive, left to right: Surya the sun wearing a jeweled headdress and holding lotuses, Chandra the moon, Budha (Mercury), Shukra (Venus), Mangala (Mars), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shani (Saturn), and the demon Rahu, the rising lunar node, rendered here grinning and radiant rather than menacing. Ketu, the ninth planetary figure and the descending lunar node, is missing from the surviving stone. Purchased by the Worcester Art Museum from Bourgeois Galleries, New York, in 1923.
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Physical Form
MediumYellow sandstone relief 1 Custody
Current LocationWorcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, accession number 1923.5 1 Current Custodian Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectEight of the nine Navagraha planetary deities: Surya, Chandra, Budha, Shukra, Mangala, Brihaspati, Shani and Rahu. Ketu does not survive on this lintel. 1 Medium (class) Connections
Associated With
Ketu, Deities This source names Ketu directly: "and radiant rather than menacing. Ketu, the ninth planetary figure and the descending lunar node, is missing from the surviving stone."
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
This source names Mercury directly: "lotuses, Chandra the moon, Budha (Mercury), Shukra (Venus), Mangala (Mars), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shani (Saturn), and the demon Rahu, the rising lunar node, rendered here grinning and radiant rather..."
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Surya, Deities This source names Surya directly: "Eight figures survive, left to right: Surya the sun wearing a jeweled headdress and holding lotuses, Chandra the moon, Budha (Mercury), Shukra (Venus), Mangala (Mars), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shani..."
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
This source names Uttar Pradesh directly: "A yellow sandstone temple lintel from Uttar Pradesh, Central India, carved circa 550 to 575 CE, of a type set over temple entrances in northern and central India to invoke the nine planetary deities..."
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
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Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
Depicts
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Budha, Deities Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Rahu, Deities Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Shani, Deities Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Originated In
India, Regions Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Source The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Sources
1. The Planets (Navagraha), Object Record (Worcester Art Museum)
Worcester Art Museumcatalogue record, medium/object-type description
A yellow sandstone temple lintel from Uttar Pradesh, Central India, carved circa 550 to 575 CE, of a type set over temple entrances in northern and central India to invoke the nine planetary deities for good fortune.
- Originated In: Uttar Pradesh, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: Uttar Pradesh
- Originated In: India, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: India
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