Kalki

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Bilaspur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the tenth incarnation of Vishnu, Kalki, the horse. Vishnu is seated on a stool, leaning against a white cushion and wielding a sword. He faces a groom who holds the white horse, Kalki, from whose back he will demolish the wicked.

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Categories	Paintings Religion Hinduism Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Painting
Title	Kalki (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Paper Paint Opaque Watercolour Gold Painted
Brief description	Painting, Kalki, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1750
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the tenth incarnation of Vishnu, Kalki, the horse. Vishnu is seated on a stool, leaning against a white cushion and wielding a sword. He faces a groom who holds the white horse, Kalki, from whose back he will demolish the wicked.
Dimensions	Height: 142mm (maximum) Width: 210mm 24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	The tenth incarnation of Vishnu, Kalki, the horse. Vishnu is seated on a stool, leaning against a white cushion and wielding a sword. He faces a groom who holds the white horse, Kalki, from whose back he will demolish the wicked.
Style	Bilaspur
Subjects depicted	Deities Stool Cushion Sword Horse Vishnu
Bibliographic reference	Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 239, cat. no. 37.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.9-1963

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432855/kalki-painting-unknown/

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