Earring with Vishnu Riding Garuda
1600s or 1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Earring with Vishnu Riding Garuda, 1600s or 1700s. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley. Gold set with precious and semiprecious stones; overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1915.342.1 This earring was made to hang on sculptures of deities worshipped in Nepalese temples. Nepalese craftsmen excelled at the detailed encrustation of jewels to depict complex figural imagery. They shaped gold wires into a framework, then inserted polished stones into the spaces, held in place with an adhesive. Four-armed Vishnu is made of sapphires; his mount the man-eagle appears to be made of carnelian and spinel with wings of turquoise. This was among the first works to enter the museum's collection.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- Gold set with precious and semiprecious stones
- Medium
- gold, set, precious, semiprecious, stones
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1915.342.1
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 237 Himalayan
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