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Vajrapani and Garudas

Vajrapani and Garudas

painting 1600s, embroidery c. 1300
(Tibetan, 1604–1674)
China and Tibet, Embroidery: China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); painting: Tibet, 17th century
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1989.11
Location: not on view

Description

Vajrapani sometimes takes the form of Garuda, enemy of snakes.
  • "1993 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218. Mentioned: p. 154 www.jstor.org
    Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 58, pp. 190-193
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