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Title

Garuda on a pedestal (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1976/2.39

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.85783

Primary Keywords

hindu

pedestal

Title

Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Shridevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her right arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her left hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She also wears a band across her breasts, a characteristic of Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and his other consort, Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.131

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.73713

Primary Keywords

females

hindu

hinduism

Title

Virabhadra plaque

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Shiva as Virabhadra stand in a relaxed posture under an elaborate arch placed above a goose form on either side. The arch curves inward and forms a heart shape at the center meeting in a mask of glory, a kirtimukha. Against the pillars holding up the arch are figures of the goat-headed Daksha on his right and saintly figure on his right. Both are in posed of devotion with their hands in a prayer pose, namaskara. Virabhadra has four arms (reading clockwise from his front right hand) holding a sword, an axe, a trident and resting on a club. He wears a lower garment covered by a series of belts and a multi-tiered necklace coving much of his chest. He also wears a long garland decorated with small human heads at the bottom across his thighs. A five-headed snake hood is spread behind his crown and coils of the snake project above each of his shoulders.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1979/2.42

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 10.73713

Primary Keywords

deity

hindu

hinduism

Title

The Pandawas being banished after losing the dice game to Kauravas (The last scene of Sabha Parwa, Mahabharata) 'Wayang Ider Ider'

Artist

Indonesia, Bali

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1976/2.19

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on hand-woven cotton

relevance

rank 10.61908

Primary Keywords

heroes

hindu

narrative cycles

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

relevance

rank 10.50360

Primary Keywords

hindu

hinduism

named gods and goddesses

Title

Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1993/2.49

Medium and Support

sandstone

relevance

rank 10.50360

Primary Keywords

deity

fragment

goddess

hindu

torso

Title

Râmâyana manuscript page: Rama kills the deer (folio no. 31)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Malwa School

Physical Description

The artist has captured the story of the deer hunt with the fewest possible elements, in a way that is instantly recognizable and yet takes liberties with the classical tale. The forest is represented by two trees and a few sprays of foliage; the deer is a mundane gray, not magical gold; and Sita waits anxiously in a white marble pavilion, rather than a thatched hut. The vibrantly colored backgrounds divide the composition into zones that create mood and organize the narrative.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1650

Accession Number

1964/2.111

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 10.50360

Primary Keywords

deer

gods

hindu

hinduism

ramayana

Title

Bhu Devi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.132

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.39061

Primary Keywords

hindu

hinduism

named gods and goddesses

vishnu

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

relevance

rank 10.39061

Primary Keywords

books

deity

hindu

hinduism

study (room)

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

relevance

rank 10.28002

Primary Keywords

deity

hanuman

hindu

hinduism

maces

monkeys

spear

Title

Scene from the Ramayana (?)

Artist

Indonesia, Bali

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

1991/2.31

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on hand-woven cotton

relevance

rank 10.17176

Primary Keywords

hindu

men

monkey

narrative cycles

princes

thrones

women

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

relevance

rank 9.11576

Primary Keywords

arrow

bell (idiophone)

club (weapon)

conch shell

deity

discus

feather

flower (plant)

hindu

hinduism

jewelry

rosary

seated

sword

trident