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Lord Vishnu in the Center of His Ten Incarnations; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Lord Vishnu in the Center of His Ten Incarnations
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1983/1.395
Medium and Support: batik on cotton cloth
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; vishnu

Unidentified bodhisattva, seated, with six arms; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Unidentified bodhisattva, seated, with six arms
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1978/2.126
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: bodhisattva; deity; hinduism

Vishnu; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Vishnu
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.48
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; vishnu

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
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; head; hinduism

Ganesha seated with a rat; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Ganesha seated with a rat
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.78
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; ganesha; hinduism

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
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; elephant; hinduism

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
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Shiva and Parvati (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India

Title: Shiva and Parvati (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.80
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Shiva Shrine (one of three) (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Shiva Shrine (one of three) (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.51
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Rat; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Rat
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.253
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: animals; deity; figures

Head of Dionysus (or Apollo); Anonymous Roman

Title: Head of Dionysus (or Apollo)
Artist: Anonymous Roman
Century: mid-2nd century
Object Creation Date: mid-2nd century
Accession Number: 1976/2.1
Medium and Support: marble
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; head; males

Folk Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Folk Hanuman
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.52
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hanuman; hinduism

Lakshmi Narayana (Vishnu, seated, with Lakshmi, Garuda, and two attendants); Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Lakshmi Narayana (Vishnu, seated, with Lakshmi, Garuda, and two attendants)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.80
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; vishnu

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
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; males

Shiva; Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop

Title: Shiva
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.77
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Vishnu; Artist Unknown, India, Bengal; Attributed to

Title: Vishnu
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
Century: 19th century?
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.68
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; vishnu

Parshvanatha shrine (fragmentary condition); Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Parshvanatha shrine (fragmentary condition)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.103
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shrine

Hanuman victorious over a demon; Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Hanuman victorious over a demon
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.55
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hanuman; hinduism

Village deity; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Village deity
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.68
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; folk art

Folk Shiva with Flaming Arch; India, Central India

Title: Folk Shiva with Flaming Arch
Artist: India, Central India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.63
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Yaksha; India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura

Title: Yaksha
Artist: India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura
Century: 2nd century
Object Creation Date: 2nd century
Accession Number: 1979/1.147
Medium and Support: red sandstone
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: bust; deity; fragment

Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating 'The Ramakien from Wat Phra, Jetubon, Bangk; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating 'The Ramakien from Wat Phra, Jetubon, Bangk
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1945-1976
Accession Number: 1976/2.23
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; figures; plants

Shiva and Nandi on a Pedestal Base; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Shiva and Nandi on a Pedestal Base
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 10th-12th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 12th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.117
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Shiva and Parvati; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Shiva and Parvati
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.64
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Eight-armed Durga; Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Eight-armed Durga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.87
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; weaponry; weapons

Matsyavatara (Fish Avatar) of Vishnu; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Matsyavatara (Fish Avatar) of Vishnu
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.35
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; fish; hinduism

Panch Mukha Shiva Riding a Horse (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Panch Mukha Shiva Riding a Horse (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.88
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; horse

Mahishasuramardini; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Mahishasuramardini
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.46
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: buffaol; deity; weapons

Virabhadra; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Virabhadra
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.70
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; weaponry; weapons

Shiva attended by a horse and other creatures; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Shiva attended by a horse and other creatures
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.69
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Mukha-Linga; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Mukha-Linga
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description: This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.52A
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: cobras; deity; shivaism

Shiva Shrine (one of three); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Shiva Shrine (one of three)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.47
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; shiva

Dipa Lakshmi; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Dipa Lakshmi
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.34
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; weaponry; weapons

Durga, standing (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Durga, standing (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.67
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; goddess; hinduism

Standing Hanuman, Upright figure of monkey God with hands in anjali position; Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra

Title: Standing Hanuman, Upright figure of monkey God with hands in anjali position
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century: 16th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 17th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.51
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; monkey

Vishnu and Attendant Figures with Flame Arch; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Vishnu and Attendant Figures with Flame Arch
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.79
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.16059
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; vishnu

Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan

Title: Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.48
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: buffaol; deity; hinduism; weapons

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
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: deity; elephants; ganesha; hinduism

Hanuman, standing, in anjali mudra (part of a Rama shrine); Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Hanuman, standing, in anjali mudra (part of a Rama shrine)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Physical Description: Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. He stands in an unbending posture of devotion with his hands held on his chest with the palms together in a gesture of prayer, namaskara. He wears a lower garment that is decorated with belts and pendant loops and the cloth has formal decorative folds cascading down his sides. He wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings, and a simple crown with a leaf shape at the top. He wears a dagger at his waist and his tail curves up behind him making a loop top frame his head like a halo.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1979/2.55
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: deity; hanuman; hinduism; monkeys

Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating the Ramakien from Wat Phra Jetubon, Bangkok; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating the Ramakien from Wat Phra Jetubon, Bangkok
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1945-1976
Accession Number: 1976/2.25
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: deity; figures; praying; trees

Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1977/2.71
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: buffalo; deity; weaponry; weapons

The Bodhisattva Jizô with a demon and children; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: The Bodhisattva Jizô with a demon and children
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1986/1.190
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: deity; demons; figures; infant

Samvara (?) and Sakti; Nepal

Title: Samvara (?) and Sakti
Artist: Nepal
Century: 16th – 18th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.76
Medium and Support: gilded copper or bronze
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: buddhism; deity; himalayan; standing

Durga, seated in lalitasana, holding weapons and head of Buffalo Demon; Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India

Title: Durga, seated in lalitasana, holding weapons and head of Buffalo Demon
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.83
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 6.09286
Primary Keywords: buffalo; deity; weaponry; weapons