Cleveland Museum of Art

Pendant with Shri

Date: c. 100s CE
Medium: gold repoussé and carnelian
Culture: Pakistan, Gandhara, Sirkap, Kushan period
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

A conflation of local and Hellenistic divinities, this goddess exemplifies abundance and prosperity. Like Tyche, she holds a cornucopia, overflowing with fruits and bounty, but it is in the form of a lotus flower, associated with the local Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri. To further emphasize this association, she holds a lotus flower in her right hand as well.

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