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Kalki avatar

Painting
ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Deccan (made)
Machilipatnam (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a warrior riding a white horse.


Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleKalki avatar (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Vishnu as Kalki avatar, opaque watercolour on paper, Eastern Deccan, possibly Machilipatnam, ca. 1780
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a warrior riding a white horse.
Dimensions
  • Height including border height: 21.5cm
  • Width including border width: 14cm
  • Height excluding borders and margins height: 17.5cm
  • Width excluding borders and margins width: 10.5cm
Content description
Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a warrior riding a white horse.
Credit line
Given by Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha and Colonel T.G.Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Subjects depicted
Warrior
Horse
Kalki
Vishnu
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.188-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433666/kalki-avatar-painting-unknown/
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