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A TERRACOTTA RELIEF OF SOMA (CHANDRA), THE MOON GOD
UTTAR PRADESH, GUPTA PERIOD, 6TH CENTURYInscribed with two letters of late Brahmi (Gupta) script, "soma", identifying the subject. 10 in. (25.5 cm) high
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北方邦 笈多王朝 六世紀 陶質月神像G. Bhattacharya dedicated an article to this terracotta relief, which he proposes is the earliest known image of the Hindu moon god, Soma (also known as Chandra). The pot-bellied deity is shown alert and attentive, holding a rosary and a water jug. His flexed toes, well-nourished physique, and elaborate curls are idiomatic of Gupta-period sculpture in terracotta. Compare other panels with differing subjects in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (73.124 & 1990.226).PublishedGouriswar Bhattacharya, "Soma - The Hindu Moon God", in Orientations, October 1993, No.10, p.84, fig.1.ProvenanceDr. and Mrs. J. LeRoy Davidson, Los AngelesSotheby's, New York, 28 October 1991, lot 302