Gallery 331, Asian Art, third floor (Dutt Gallery)
Main Building
Gallery 331, Asian Art, third floor (Dutt Gallery)
Main Building
Gallery 331, Asian Art, third floor (Dutt Gallery)
Title: | Vishnu Beginning the World (Vishnu Anantashayana) The god rests on the endless snake, who floats on the Ocean of Being, From a wooden temple |
Date: | c. 17th century |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, Indian |
Medium: | Wood with polychrome decoration |
Dimensions: | 19 3/4 × 70 3/4 inches (50.2 × 179.7 cm) |
Classification: | Sculpture |
Credit Line: | Purchased with the Stella Kramrisch Fund for Indian and Himalayan Art, 2017 |
Accession Number: | 2017-105-1 |
Geography: | Made in Kerala, India, Asia |
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Gallery 331, Asian Art, third floor (Dutt Gallery)
Main Building