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The Hindu God Vishnu's Mount, Garudacirca 1950

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Hindu God Vishnu's Mount, Garuda
Place Made: Nepal
Date Made: circa 1950
Period: 20th century
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.47 x 10.79 x 6.98 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Doris E. Bryant
Accession Number: AC1999.237.3
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: In Nepalese Tantric Buddhism, Garuda is a powerful deity and protector. Known as Pakshiraja (King of Birds), he represents swift spiritual awareness, fearlessness, and the power to heal diseases, remove poisons, and protect against negative forces, including desire, hatred, and ignorance. He is distinguished by his prominent beak on a bird head and as having multiple arms. Here, he is crowned and has four arms. The two principal hands are clasped together in the gesture of adoration (anjali mudra). His upper arms are stretched out in front of his wings, and each hand is held in the gesture of reassurance (abhaya mudra). He squats on his human legs with avian talons on rearing serpents on a lotus base. See Pratapaditya Pal, Vaishnava Iconology in Nepal (Calcutta, The Asiatic Society, 1970), p. 121.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Hindu God Vishnu's Mount, Garuda
Place Made: Nepal
Date Made: circa 1950
Period: 20th century
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.47 x 10.79 x 6.98 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Doris E. Bryant
Accession Number: AC1999.237.3
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: In Nepalese Tantric Buddhism, Garuda is a powerful deity and protector. Known as Pakshiraja (King of Birds), he represents swift spiritual awareness, fearlessness, and the power to heal diseases, remove poisons, and protect against negative forces, including desire, hatred, and ignorance. He is distinguished by his prominent beak on a bird head and as having multiple arms. Here, he is crowned and has four arms. The two principal hands are clasped together in the gesture of adoration (anjali mudra). His upper arms are stretched out in front of his wings, and each hand is held in the gesture of reassurance (abhaya mudra). He squats on his human legs with avian talons on rearing serpents on a lotus base. See Pratapaditya Pal, Vaishnava Iconology in Nepal (Calcutta, The Asiatic Society, 1970), p. 121.