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Siva and Paravati; India, Central India

Title: Siva and Paravati
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.293
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2015-05-15 10:45:34
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; males; shiva

The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha); Artist Unknown, India

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Title: The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description: An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1815
Accession Number: 2010/2.27
Medium and Support: paint on canvas
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:17:45
Primary Keywords: birds; elephants; flowers (plants); hinduism; lotus; paintings

Standing Parvati; Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Title: Standing Parvati
Artist: Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
Physical Description: Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.127
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-14 00:05:30
Primary Keywords: hindu; hinduism; named gods and goddesses

Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?); Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School

Title: Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School
Physical Description: Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1730
Accession Number: 1979/1.160
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:40:00
Primary Keywords: deity; feet; flowers; hinduism; interior view; man; portrait; woman

Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Physical Description: Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. The image is incised on the plate and his body is entirely textured with characters in the devanagari script. Often merely the letter ‘r’ designating the god Rama with whom he is associated. He is in a striding posture and there are a number of sections of text scattered around the image. At his feet is a human figure walking in the opposite direction. He holds a double flag consisting of two triangular shapes facing him in his left hand along with a thin club. One appears to emanating from his mouth? His right hand is lifted with an arrow above it and his tail curves behind him. There is also a small altar depicting the two feet of Rama in the area between his outstretched leg and the end of a scarf wrapped around his body.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.89
Medium and Support: copper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:39:59
Primary Keywords: deity; hanuman; hindu; hinduism; maces; monkeys; spear

Bhairava (?), head; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Bhairava (?), head
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description: Almost life size, this stylized face was probably placed upon a shaft and used as a religious standard at a temple. The face consists of almost a perfect circle with large ears to either side. His mouth is open showing tiny saw tooth like teeth with large canines at either end. His eyes are large and wide open with huge circular pupils and a heavy eyebrows and luxurious moustache. Horizontal lines on his forehead are signs of a follower of Shiva.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.103
Medium and Support: brass or copper alloy
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:39:51
Primary Keywords: head; hinduism

Durga Copper Plate; Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh

Title: Durga Copper Plate
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
Physical Description: An eight armed goddess sits astride a tiger with uplifted tail. She carries a noose, punch dagger, shankha, and trident in her right hands and a bow, ring-like discus, arrow and shield in her left arms. She wears a long garland of either large rudraksa or heads around her heck along with other necklaces and pendants. She sits with legs pendant wearing a long skirt. Behind the figure a Om symbol with the end of the letter twirled around it twice and the word Shri written in Devanagari script. Below the figure a grid of letters forms a sacred diagram. The lines forming the grid all end in trident forms. Each square of the grid houses a different letter in nagari.
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.146
Medium and Support: copper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:39:45
Primary Keywords: females, human; hinduism; tigers

Durga copper plate with mystic design; Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh

Title: Durga copper plate with mystic design
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
Physical Description: A ten-armed figure sits with her legs tucked under her on a tiger with a long uplifted tail. The figure is incised onto the copper plate with a chisel. One set of arms are crossed across her chest, while all but six hands hold weapons. A crossed spear and trident form an X behind the figure. She has wide bracelets at each of her wrists and wears elaborate circular earrings and nose ring with a three partite crown. Two lines in devanagari script are above the figure.
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 20th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.145
Medium and Support: copper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:39:45
Primary Keywords: females, human; hinduism; spear; tiger; trident

Vishnu; India, Central India

Title: Vishnu
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 11th - 12th century
Object Creation Date: 11th century - 12th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.159
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:33:23
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism

Rama; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Rama
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description: The two-handed figure stands in relaxed posture on a base consisting of square and round forms. At the bottom of each shape stylized lotus petals are incised. His right hand is extended outwards and would have been holding an arrow and he left arm is extended up to his die to hold a bow. He wears much of jewelry including anklets bracelets, armlets, necklace and shoulder loops, belts with pendant elements and a sacred thread reaching just below his waist. He wears a lower garment with incised lines delineating the folds and sections that flare out to either side. He wears an elaborate crown. One element extends over his right shoulder, which may either be part of his quiver of arrows or a broken section of a halo. He wears a conical headdress incised with a worn pattern. His face is sharply stylized with a long straight nose and wide, open eyes.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 2000/2.153
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:33:17
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; males

Head of Shiva; India, Central India

Title: Head of Shiva
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.182
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:00
Primary Keywords: deity; head; hinduism

Standing figure of Shiva; India, Central India

Title: Standing figure of Shiva
Artist: India, Central India
Physical Description: Shiva stands in an unbending pose and the sculpture is broken just below the knees. He is two-armed and his right hand is raised with his palm outward. His left arm is broken away. He wears a short lower garment with incised lines delineating folds and he is ithyphallic, his upraised penis extending up from behind his belt. He wears simple jewelry, a belt, armlets, a bracelet on the one wrist still extant and a simple beaded necklace. There is an auspicious diamond pattern in the middle of his chest. He has a fleshy face with a full mouth and large eyes, a third eye is incised on his forehead. His hair is done in an elaborate coiffure piled high.
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 1998/1.181
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:32:00
Primary Keywords: deity; figures; hinduism; shiva; sivaism; standing

Shiva stele (Khmer-Lopburi Style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Shiva stele (Khmer-Lopburi Style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.50
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:44
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Ganesha; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Ganesha
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Accession Number: 1990/1.175
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:27:26
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism; seated

Iconography series: Vishnu mounted on a blue bird; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Iconography series: Vishnu mounted on a blue bird
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1988/1.84
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:12
Primary Keywords: birds; deity; hinduism; vishnu

Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Physical Description: Two figures, Anjana and a bull are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1988/1.82
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:12
Primary Keywords: bulls; hinduism; monkeys

Iconography series: Vishnu on a Bird; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Iconography series: Vishnu on a Bird
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1987/1.249
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:17
Primary Keywords: birds; deity; hinduism; vishnu; wheel

Iconography series: Saturn, mounted on a tiger; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Iconography series: Saturn, mounted on a tiger
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Physical Description: Two figures, Shani and his tiger are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1987/1.248
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:16
Primary Keywords: hinduism; lions; wheels

Gita Govinda Series: Radha and Krishna in room with two sakhis in conversation (preliminary sketch); Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills

Title: Gita Govinda Series: Radha and Krishna in room with two sakhis in conversation (preliminary sketch)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
Century: early 19th century
Object Creation Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1985/2.143
Medium and Support: ink on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:23:37
Primary Keywords: buildings; figures; hinduism; interiors; krishna

Vishnu on Ananta; Artist Unknown, India, Kashmir

Title: Vishnu on Ananta
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kashmir
Physical Description: Two figures in a landscape; one a reclining blue-skinned figure, the other a seated female
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1985/1.132
Medium and Support: opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:23:11
Primary Keywords: birds; deity; himalayan; hinduism; kneeling; reclining; seated; trees; vishnu

Bilvamangala series, folio 30: Krishna and Balarama; India, Rajasthan, Mewar School; Attributed to

Title: Bilvamangala series, folio 30: Krishna and Balarama
Artist: India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century: late 17th - early 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1700
Accession Number: 1983/2.114
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:21:43
Primary Keywords: deity; figures; hinduism; krishna; seated; worshippers

Ganesa; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Ganesa
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.116
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:21:43
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism; seated

Ganesa; India, Central India

Title: Ganesa
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.115
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:21:43
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism; standing

Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8); India, Rajasthan, Mewar School; After

Title: Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
Artist: India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Physical Description: Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.
Century: late 17th - early 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1700
Accession Number: 1983/2.111
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:21:42
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; figures (illustrations); hinduism; tigers

In a wooded background with a small temple sheltering the lingam. Floral; foreground. From a Ragamala Series.; Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style

Title: In a wooded background with a small temple sheltering the lingam. Floral; foreground. From a Ragamala Series.
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1550-1575
Accession Number: 1983/2.105
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on birch bark
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:21:41
Primary Keywords: figures; flowers; hinduism; seated; shiva; trees; worshippers

"Bhagavata Purana" series: Krishna and Balarama Studying with the Brahman Sandipani; Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style

Title: "Bhagavata Purana" series: Krishna and Balarama Studying with the Brahman Sandipani
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style
Physical Description: Krishna, in blue, and Balarama are portrayed in identical poses and wearing peacock-feather headdresses. The paunchy bearded figure at right is their mentor, Sandipani. Two other, older students appear at left. They are seated, approximately equidistantly spaced, in an architectural structure that organizes the space.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1525-1550
Accession Number: 1983/2.104
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:21:41
Primary Keywords: books; deity; hindu; hinduism; study (room)

Vishnu; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Vishnu
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.61
Medium and Support: copper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:19:01
Primary Keywords: deity; figures; hinduism; historical figures; maces; standing; vishnu

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Durga, seated, with sixteen arms
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description: Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.59
Medium and Support: copper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:19:01
Primary Keywords: arrow; bell (idiophone); club (weapon); conch shell; deity; discus; feather; flower (plant); hindu; hinduism; jewelry; rosary; seated; sword; trident

Four-armed Ganesha seated in the posture of Royal Ease; Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop

Title: Four-armed Ganesha seated in the posture of Royal Ease
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.62
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:19:01
Primary Keywords: deity; elephant; hinduism

Bhairava; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Bhairava
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 16th – 19th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.55
Medium and Support: copper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:19:00
Primary Keywords: deity; drums; hinduism; hounds; musical instruments; shiva; standing; sword

Ragamala: Asavari Ragini; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Ragamala: Asavari Ragini
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800
Accession Number: 1981/2.47
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:58
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; cobras; courtyards; deity; hinduism; named gods and goddesses; woman

Ragamala: Kedar Ragini; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Ragamala: Kedar Ragini
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800
Accession Number: 1981/2.45
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:58
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; courtyards; deity; hinduism; named gods and goddesses; woman

Khambhavati Ragini:; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Khambhavati Ragini:
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800
Accession Number: 1981/2.48
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:58
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; courtyards; deity; hinduism; named gods and goddesses; woman

Ragamala: Devgandhar Ragini; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Ragamala: Devgandhar Ragini
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800
Accession Number: 1981/2.43
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:57
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; courtyards; deer; deity; hinduism; named gods and goddesses; tigers

Ragamala: Setmalar Ragini; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Ragamala: Setmalar Ragini
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800
Accession Number: 1981/2.42
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:57
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; courtyards; hinduism; musical instruments; musicians; named gods and goddesses

Krishna Presenting a Gem to Radha; India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh School

Title: Krishna Presenting a Gem to Radha
Artist: India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh School
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1970s
Accession Number: 1981/2.174
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:45
Primary Keywords: hinduism; krishna

Radha Showing Krishna his Reflection; India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School

Title: Radha Showing Krishna his Reflection
Artist: India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Century: Early 19th century
Object Creation Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.163
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:38
Primary Keywords: courtyards; hinduism; krishna; mirror

Ganesha (fragment); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Ganesha (fragment)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Accession Number: 1981/2.150
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:35
Primary Keywords: ganesha; hinduism

Ganesha; India, Central India

Title: Ganesha
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 10th-12th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 12th century
Accession Number: 1981/1.317
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:15
Primary Keywords: deity; elephant; hinduism

Fragment from a Markendeya Purana scroll: Vishnu on the pipal leaf; Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh

Title: Fragment from a Markendeya Purana scroll: Vishnu on the pipal leaf
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The blue four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on a gigantic pipal leaf with his left leg crossed over his right leg; as his female consort gently strokes his leg, he awakens from a long sleep. Another woman fans him. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, and rishis or sages appear in the upper branches of the pipal tree. Vishnu has four arms carrying a discus and a conch in his back hands and the lower left arm is extended pointing towards the women at his feet while the lower right am is cross towards his stomach.; The iconography is further compounded by the image in the lower register of a tortoise at the bottom of the ocean of milk, bearing a mountain on his back. The tortoise is in fact Kurma, another manifestation of Vishnu, supporting the cosmic axis. Elephants have gathered to pay homage to him, while in a small inset at right, a worshipper pays homage to Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. A large red figure faces the scene to the right accompanied by small blue figures to his sides as if behind him. Two sages, one horse-headed, are to the upper right.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.306
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:08
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; fish; hinduism; vishnu

Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance; Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh

Title: Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on the serpent Ananta (“the endless one”), resting on the surface of the cosmic ocean. As his female consort gently strokes his leg, Vishnu awakens from a long sleep. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, who will begin a new cycle of the universe.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.305
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:08
Primary Keywords: deity; fish; hinduism; painting; scrolls; seas; serpent; serpents; vishnu

Markendeya purana series: Bhavana on tiger confronts a demon / Rama and Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh

Title: Markendeya purana series: Bhavana on tiger confronts a demon / Rama and Hanuman
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The image is split into two unequal parts; a lower and upper. In the lower half of the image the figures are all holding weapons. The background of the image is red with the majority of the figures being yellow in color. A single blue figure is located in the lower left. This figure is seated on a wheeled, vehicle.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.304
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:08
Primary Keywords: deity; devils; hinduism; tigers

Shiva as Kevala-Murti; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Shiva as Kevala-Murti
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: late 12th century - early 13th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.289
Medium and Support: copper alloy
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:05
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva; standing

Ganesha; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Ganesha
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.288
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:05
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism

Ganesha,; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Ganesha,
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 4th-6th century
Object Creation Date: 4th century - 6th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.282
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:05
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism

Yakshi and attendant; Artist Unknown, India, North India

Title: Yakshi and attendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North India
Physical Description: This broken fragment depicts a now headless goddess or yakshi standing with a much smaller male attendant. She wears a necklace, bracelets and a girdle consisting of three rows of small round shapes. She stands with her left hand at her waist and the right hand next to the head of her attendant. He wears a turban and large earrings and a belt of a single line of round shapes. They both wear diaphanous lower garments that make them appear nude with both of them with their genitals exposed. The fragment is broken above the male figure’s knees and below the yakshi’s knees.
Century: 2nd century
Object Creation Date: 2nd century
Accession Number: 1980/2.285
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:05
Primary Keywords: buddhism; figures; hinduism; jainism; necklace; terracottas

Ganesha,; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Ganesha,
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 4th-6th century
Object Creation Date: 4th century - 6th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.281
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:05
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism

Ganesha,; Nepal

Title: Ganesha,
Artist: Nepal
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.275
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:04
Primary Keywords: deity; ganesha; himalayan; hinduism

From Northern India, figure of seated Ganesha on perforated cylinder (armature of wheeled toy deity).; Artist Unknown, India

Title: From Northern India, figure of seated Ganesha on perforated cylinder (armature of wheeled toy deity).
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 4th-6th century
Object Creation Date: 4th century - 6th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.280
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:04
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism

Dipa-Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Dipa-Hanuman
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.272
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:18:03
Primary Keywords: hanuman; hinduism; lions; standing

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