The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90, in the Asian Art department. Read as part of a 2026-08-28 divinity depth pass filling artwork entities the atlas had minted with a description and cross-references but no properties of their own.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37533
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned relief, the strongest available record for its date, culture and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright. Connections
Associated With
This source names Varuna directly: "open-access collection API record for "Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan," an Indian sandstone relief of the 6th to 8th century, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1919."
Source Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)
This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 20 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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