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Pendant with Four-armed Green Vishnu on a lotus with Nagas
The collection record classifies this work as jewelry. It is dated 1600s or 1700s. Recorded culture or place: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley.
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- Museum title
- Pendant with Four-armed Green Vishnu on a lotus with Nagas
- Date
- 1600s or 1700s
- Culture / origin
- Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
- Materials and technique
- Gold set with precious and semiprecious stones
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.2 x 5.8 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1915.340
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Vishnu, made of emeralds, holds his typical emblems, each made of gold: a discus in his upper right hand, the club in his upper left, and a lotus in his lower right hand. He sits cross-legged on a lotus pedestal made of spinels, nestled on the back of his mount, Garuda, shown with a crystal face, spinel torso, and turquoise wings. The intertwined bodies of nagas (serpent deities) form the bottom of this pendant; each naga holds a pearl in offering; their faces are carved from lapis lazuli. An eleven-headed serpent hood rears over the entire ensemble.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade · CC0
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