painting
- Museum number
- 1940,0713,0.138
- Description
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Gouache painting on paper. Viṣṇu as his tenth and final avatar (incarnation) as Kalki riding a white horse. They form part of a procession, surrounded by several attendants.
- Production date
- 1800 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 centimetres (including border)
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Width: 24.90 centimetres (including border)
- Curator's comments
- Cameron, A:
The paper on which this painting has been executed is a recycled list from a long-dispersed register. The reverse includes an annotated list in Sanskrit. This series of paintings was previously stored in a folder entitled 'Hindu Iconography. School of Bengal or Orissa: late 18th century.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1940
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1940,0713,0.138
