Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess)) / India, Rajasthan, Bundi School
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- Accession Number
- 2001/2.133
- Title
- Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess))
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Rajasthan (state)
- Bundi (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Rajasthan (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Bundi (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
- Dimensions
- 22 cm x 32.2 cm (8 11/16 in. x 12 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- figures on landscape
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- historical
- Physical Description
- The white elephants, which draw the eye into the image, face toward the center leading the viewer to Lakshmi who is the central figure in the frame. The image is bordered by a red colored frame. And below the figures, in the background is a dark banded representing a pond.
- Subject Matter
- Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance, is flanked by elephants, which are a sign of wealth and water in India and often have connotations of fecundity. Lakshmi sits on a low throne by the bank of a pond, washing her hair in water poured from pots held aloft by bejeweled white pachyderms. Lotuses abound in Lakshmi’s crown, on the backs of the great white beasts, and in the pond.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- asian
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- indian
- indian painting styles
- indian styles and periods
- mammals
- motifs
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plant-derived motifs
- rajasthani
- rajput
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1506 x 979
- File Size
- 164 KB
- Record
- 2001/2.133
- Link to this Item
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"Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess)); India, Rajasthan, Bundi School." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2001-sl-2.133/2001_2.133.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
