Saraswati
Painting
ca. 1830 - ca. 1840 (painted)
ca. 1830 - ca. 1840 (painted)
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Saraswati wears a green sari and a yellow crown and is sitting against a bolster on a yellow throne, under which is a dish of pan. She plays a vina with two of her hands, while in the others she holds a palm-leaf manuscript with a stylus. The background is dark crimson with an engrailed arch.
Object details
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| Title | Saraswati (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache |
| Brief description | Painting; gouache on paper, Saraswati enthroned, Mysore, ca. 1830 - ca. 1840 |
| Physical description | Saraswati wears a green sari and a yellow crown and is sitting against a bolster on a yellow throne, under which is a dish of pan. She plays a vina with two of her hands, while in the others she holds a palm-leaf manuscript with a stylus. The background is dark crimson with an engrailed arch. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Saraswati, the wife of Brahma, the God of Creation, the Goddess of Speech and Eloquence, the Patroness of Music and the arts and inventress of the Sanskrit language. (Inscribed on back) |
| Object history | Dehejia, Vidya (ed.) Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art. Washington : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,1999. ISBN 8185822638/3791321293, p. 289, cat. 48 |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 71 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
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| Accession number | IS.11-1980 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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