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Vishnu as Kalki

Painting
ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Vishnu as Kalki, the horse avatar.


Object details

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Object type
TitleVishnu as Kalki (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Vishnu as Kalki, opaque watercolour on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1720
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Vishnu as Kalki, the horse avatar.
Dimensions
  • Height: 183mm
  • Width: 271mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 167mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 254mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Vishnu as Kalki, the horse avatar.
Style
Object history
IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros. Originally in the stock of Abdullah&Sons of Hathipole, Udaipur, and earlier in the family collection of Thakur Iswari Singh of Bilaspur, Sirmoor, now a resident of Udaipur. Iswari Singh's great-grandfather Raja Kharakh Chand was ruler of Bilaspur (1824-39). The picture was among those which fell to Iswari Singh's branch of the family on the division of the collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.125-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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