id:			154391
accession number:	1989.11
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.11
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:30.279000

Vajrapani and Garuda, painting c. 1650; top and bottom borders c. 1350. Attributed to Choying Dorje, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604–1674). Painting: gum tempera, gold, and silver on silk; lateral borders: silk damask with needleloop embroidery; top and bottom panels: embroidered silk, lead, and silver paper; curtain: silk tabby; dowels: wood, rawhide, and leather; 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 and Garuda
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creation date:			painting c. 1650; top and bottom borders c. 1350
creation date earliest:		1340
creation date latest:		1660
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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
technique:	Painting: gum tempera, gold, and silver on silk; lateral borders: silk damask with needleloop embroidery; top and bottom panels: embroidered silk, lead, and silver paper; curtain: silk tabby; dowels: wood, rawhide, and leather
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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CREATORS

* Choying Dorje, 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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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

	title:		Himalayan art rotation
	opening date:   2014-12-22T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 2014-November 2, 2015).

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation
	opening date:   2024-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14, 2024-March 20, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Selections from The Tibetan Collection</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 23-October 24, 1993):', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	(Sara Tremayne, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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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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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.11/1989.11_full.tif