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    "localId": "124773",
    "label": "Pendant:  Krishna as Shri Nathji",
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}

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    "id": "124773",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Pendant:  Krishna as Shri Nathji",
    "description": "Diminutive images of Krishna as Shri Nathji were worn by devotees, sometimes secretly in times of persecution. Even in the tiny composition, Krishna’s raised left hand can be seen clearly, referencing his miraculous lifting of Mount Govardhan. In his right arm he holds his herdsman’s staff. Two priests offer lamps in his honor.",
    "date": "c. 1800–1830",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.257",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jewelry"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.257/1946.257_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 5.2 x 3.9 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara"
    ],
    "accession": "1946.257"
}

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    "tec": "champlevé enamel",
    "tombstone": "Pendant:  Krishna as Shri Nathji, c. 1800–1830. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara. Champlevé enamel; overall: 5.2 x 3.9 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1946.257",
    "collection": "Indian Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Hollis, Howard. \"An Indian Enameled Pendant.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>35, no. 2 (February 1948): 18",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 14; Mentioned: p. 18",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141433"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 781",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n140"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 240",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n264"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 240",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n264"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 311",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n331"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.257",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:26:12.099000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.257/1946.257_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 124773,
    "dept": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art",
    "coll": "Indian Art",
    "med": "champlevé enamel",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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