Figure
1800-1855 (made)
| Place of origin |
The figure has two arms, which rest at the waist but not in the Vithoba pose. The right hand appears to hold a conch with a flame at the bottom edge and an object in the left hand which could be a bag or bottle. He stands on a splayed lotus pedestal above a plain flat square that may have been fitted onto a larger base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Copper alloy, casting |
| Brief description | Vaishnavite deity; sculpture, copper alloy, South India possibly North Tamil Nadu or South Andhra Pradesh. First half of the nineteenth century. |
| Physical description | The figure has two arms, which rest at the waist but not in the Vithoba pose. The right hand appears to hold a conch with a flame at the bottom edge and an object in the left hand which could be a bag or bottle. He stands on a splayed lotus pedestal above a plain flat square that may have been fitted onto a larger base. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in London to the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1879. It is recorded as No 356 in the India Museum Slips and states it had been exhibited in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 582(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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