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A Woman Worshipping the Rising Sun (Surya Puja)
Chokhac. 1810
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Adorned with a full complement of jewelry, but wearing only a transparent orange lower garment, a royal woman has laid her costly garments nearby. She offers water to the rising sun; poured from a gold pitcher, the water splashes down the steps of the platform. The gold and radiant sun emerges from behind the rocky hills populated with lion, boar, and deer.
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- Title: A Woman Worshipping the Rising Sun (Surya Puja)
- Creator: Chokha (Indian, 1770-1830)
- Date Created: c. 1810
- Physical Dimensions: Page: 23.8 x 17.1 cm (9 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.); Miniature: 20.3 x 13.3 cm (8 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.151
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Fun Fact: One of the two ducks in the lotus pond has a fish in its bill.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Devgarh
- Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2018.151
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