ID: 700008403 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008403	Record Type: Movable Work

A Solar Deity (casting (object genre); unknown Indian sculptor, eleventh century; eleventh century; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; M.86.249.2)

Note: Brass casting of a four-armed, ornamented male figure astride an animal that may be a horse. The deity is surrounded by an aureole and pointed halo, and he holds a bow and arrow, rosary and garland. The identity of the deity is uncertain. The figure may have originated in Himachal Pradesh or Kashmir.

Titles:

A Solar Deity (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

casting (object genre) [300014622] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: eleventh century

Creator Display:

unknown Indian sculptor, eleventh century [preferred,VP]

unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Current: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.86.249.2

Display Materials: brass

	casting (process) [300053104]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

	brass (alloy) [300010946]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: 5 x 3 x 2 in. (12.7 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	deity [300343850]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	bow (weapon) [300036999]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, projectile weapons, <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant>, <projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant>) (AAT)

	arrow [300036976]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, projectile weapons, <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant>, <projectiles with nonexplosive propellant>) (AAT)

	garland (festoons, motif) [300167386]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, plant-derived motifs) (AAT)

	rosary [300262831]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works, prayer beads) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
A Solar Deity	........ [VP]
	........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)