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Pair of Earrings with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities)
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
- Pair of Earrings with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities)
- Date
- 1600s or 1700s
- Culture / origin
- Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
- Materials and technique
- repousse gold with pearls
- Dimensions
- Not specified by the museum
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1915.346
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In Nepal, sculptures of deities were adorned with jewelry larger than pieces made for human beings. This pair of earrings features the Hindu god Vishnu seated cross-legged riding his mount the man-eagle Garuda. Garuda's arms are outstretched, grabbing the tails of serpents whose braided bodies snake up both sides of each earring. His wings drape like a cape behind him, and his talons clutch his crescent moon perch. Serpent hoods rise up behind Vishnu like a canopy.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade · CC0
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