Vajrapani Embroidered Mount with Garuda

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Vajrapani Embroidered Mount with Garuda

Choying Dorje, the Tenth Black Hat KarmapaLinkedCulture matchlcp-6ffad5880f55

Date
painting 1600s, embroidery c. 1300
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on silk
Culture
China and Tibet, Embroidery: China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); painting: Tibet, 17th century
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
154393

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The painting depicts the Buddhist protector who holds ( pani ) the thunder bolt ( vajra ) in his right hand. He kneels in reverence and holds his left hand in a gesture of salute. This unusual image appears to have been the vision of a Tibetan monastic patriarch known for creating his own inventive paintings and sculptures. Sewn to the painting are Chinese damask borders and rare embroideries dating to the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). They depict man-eagle figures known as Garuda, a form occasionally assumed by Vajrapani. Vajrapani sometimes takes the form of Garuda, enemy of snakes.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?–1989: (Sara Tremayne, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1989–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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