The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures)

Art Object

Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures)

Date:: 9th–10th century
Culture:: India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
Medium:: Gold inset with garnet
Dimensions:: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); W. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Classification:: Jewelry
Credit Line:: Gift of The Kronos Collections, 1988
Accession Number:: 1988.395a–c

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 237

Description

This three-piece repoussé diadem is a rare example of early Indian jewelry. Four kinnaris dominate the design. This diadem was probably made in Kashmir as the kinnaris are similar to those on the ninth-century temple of Avantisvamin at Avantipur.
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What
Metal (59,497)

Costume (43,523)

Gold (12,361)

Jewelry (7,507)

Garnet (224)

Headbands (102)

Diadems (34)
Where
Asia (68,122)

India (3,620)

Jammu and Kashmir (73)

Jammu (69)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,678)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,187)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
South Asia: North, 500–1000 A.D.