Iconography series: "Budha" [Mercury], elephant-headed goddess on a white bird / Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

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Accession Number: 1985/2.138
Title: Iconography series: "Budha" [Mercury], elephant-headed goddess on a white bird
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Artist Nationality: Indian
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Credit Line: Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput
Dimensions: 21.2 cm x 20.3 cm (8 3/8 in. x 8 in.)
Century: 19th century
Primary Keywords: birds; deity; elephants; field; trees
Secondary Keywords: animals; landscapes; mammals; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; plants; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 875 x 1213
File Size: 131 KB
Record: 1985/2.138
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.138/1985_2.138.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Birds and humans (83); 0 - Kirsch, w17 - Anthropocene, Birds and Humans (22); Art of the Mughal Empire (99); Mir 325 Winter 14 (25)

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Full citation: "Iconography series: "Budha" [Mercury], elephant-headed goddess on a white bird; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.138/1985_2.138.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.