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Plate with Nandi in Center
The collection record classifies this work as enamel. It is dated c. 1800. Recorded culture or place: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur.
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- Museum title
- Plate with Nandi in Center
- Date
- c. 1800
- Culture / origin
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur
- Materials and technique
- cloisonné enamel on gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1989.352
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Petal-shaped canopies filled with floral designs and birds encircle an image of Nandi, the white bull mount of the Hindu destroyer god Shiva. Together they form a lotus flower. The birds are individualized species, showing the care of the metalworker to depict nature in all its variety and splendor. The fowl include peacocks, parakeets, bluebirds, and possibly even Indian rollers. To make the birds’ wings and the details on Nandi, the artist used thin gold wire to create cells, called cloisons, that could then be filled with colored glass. Some of the red glass has been lost on the outer rim of the plate.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin · CC0
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