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Images made in India during the Gupta period (AD 300s to 600s) were influential in shaping the early development of Buddhist and Hindu art in Southeast Asia. This gold token depicts the Hindu god Vishnu, identified by the flat-topped crown, his four arms, and attributes: wheel, conch shell, club, and clod of earth. Noteworthy for its naturalism is the foreshortening of his right foot. Such precious gold objects were made to be secreted under a sacred stone icon in Thailand or Cambodia to infuse the temple with wealth and glory.
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Document identity
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147577
label
Plaque with Vishnu
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147577
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object
title
Plaque with Vishnu
description
Images made in India during the Gupta period (AD 300s to 600s) were influential in shaping the early development of Buddhist and Hindu art in Southeast Asia. This gold token depicts the Hindu god Vishnu, identified by the flat-topped crown, his four arms, and attributes: wheel, conch shell, club, and clod of earth. Noteworthy for its naturalism is the foreshortening of his right foot. Such precious gold objects were made to be secreted under a sacred stone icon in Thailand or Cambodia to infuse the temple with wealth and glory.
date
c. 600s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757700
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 7.6 x 4.5 cm (3 x 1 3/4 in.)
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Thailand, Sri Deb Style, Mon-Dvaravati period, c. 7th-8th Century
accession
1973.75
Source extras
tec
gold repoussé
tombstone
Plaque with Vishnu, c. 600s. Thailand, Sri Deb Style, Mon-Dvaravati period, c. 7th-8th Century. Gold repoussé; overall: 7.6 x 4.5 cm (3 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1973.75
collection
Southeast Asian
citations
citation
“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 61, no. 2, 1974, pp. 31–78.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 61, no. 191; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 191
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25152513
citation
“Annual Report for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 61, no. 6, 1974, pp. 179–213.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 193
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. 317
citation
Bunker, Emma C., and Douglas Latchford. <em>Khmer Gold: Gifts for the Gods</em>. Chicago, IL: Douglas A.J. Latchford, 2008.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 29, fig. 3.17
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:34:22.302000
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147577
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Southeast Asian
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gold repoussé
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photo
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