Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Surya (Or Sun God) Over Horse

The horse has a fine braided saddle cloth and a rider with a perfectly round face.

This plaque amulet depicting Surya, or Sun God, over horse is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India, in coin silver. Surya is traditionally imagined driving a chariot drawn by horses across the sky, and in Rajasthan's folk amulets he is often shown simply mounted, his round face doubling as the sun. Here the horse strides to the left, its mane flowing and its blanket cross-hatched, while the god's beaming face rises behind its neck. Leafy sprays fill the field, and a beaded border follows the rounded edge. It is 2 inches long and 2 high.

The sun, here, takes the morning commute at a gallop.