id: 94782 accession number: 1915.346.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.346.2 updated: 2023-08-23 18:02:11.106000 Earring with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities), 1600s or 1700s. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley. Repousse gold with pearls; overall: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1915.346.2 title: Earring with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1600s or 1700s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1799 current location: 237 Himalayan creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley technique: repousse gold with pearls department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Nepalese Art type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Inaugural Exhibition opening date: 1916-06-06T05:00:00 Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Vishnu and Garuda are solar deities, and they sit on the crescent moon, so the light of both celestial bodies shines from these earrings. digital description: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.346.2/1915.346.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.346.2/1915.346.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.346.2/1915.346.2_full.tif