Pair of Earrings with Vishnu Riding Garuda
1600s or 1700s
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.342
These earrings were made to hang on large bronze sculptures of deities worshipped in Nepalese temples. Nepalese craftsmen excelled at the detailed encrustation of jewels to depict complex figural imagery. They shaped gold wires into a framework, then inserted polished stones i...
Artifact
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94775
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en
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accession
1915.342
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Terms
Genre
Jewelry
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Relations
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