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accession number:	1989.11
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Vajrapani
Embroidered Mount with Garuda, painting 1600s, embroidery c. 1300. Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604–1674). Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on silk; overall: 114.6 x 44.5 cm (45 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1989.11

title:				Vajrapani
Embroidered Mount with Garuda
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creation date:			painting 1600s, embroidery c. 1300
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China and Tibet, Embroidery: China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); painting: Tibet, 17th century
technique:	opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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CREATORS

* Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604–1674)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 114.6 x 44.5 cm (45 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
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Kneeling and holding his left hand in a gesture of reverential greeting, this Buddhist protector holds a stylized thunderbolt called a <em>vajra</em>, for which he is named. His black body is set off by the gold cloud and flames that stand out from the indigo sky through which birds of prey fly with serpents. His hair stands on end, and his eyes—including his third eye of wisdom—bulge with ferocity. These attributes, plus the powerful bulk of his body, convey his ability to eradicate obstacles to enlightenment. Though unsigned, the painting appears to have been made by a high-ranking Tibetan patriarch. Rare examples of textiles from the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), the upper and lower borders feature the Indian man-eagle Garuda, who in Tibetan Buddhism is associated with Vajrapani. Garuda hovers over the three Islands of the Immortals that rise from the stylized waters of the Eastern Sea, a motif associated with the Chinese religion of Daoism. Cross-cultural visual references to Indian, Tibetan, and Chinese images come together in this remarkable devotional ensemble.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"1993 Annual Report." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 154
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 58, pp. 190-193
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