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Object Type
Museum number: 1995,0515.1
Description: Stone seated figure of Sarasvatī holding a noose, club and book; the broken hand probably held a rosary.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 12thC
Production place: Made in: Karnataka
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Karnataka
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 81 centimetres
Curator's comments: For a related stele in the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, see Chandra, pl.156.
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G33/dc54a/s3)
Subjects: book/newspaper; arms/armour; jainism
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Spink & Son Ltd; Purchased through: Sotheby's (Sale 27th April, 1995, Lot 199)
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1995
Acquisition notes: Given to the vendor following landscaping work in the garden of a house in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. It had lain in the garden for many years and was thought to have been acquired in India by a previous occupant with military connections.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1995,0515.1
Conservation

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