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Sarasvati   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Tibetan (?)
Title
Sarasvati
Description
English: Sarasvati is a Hindu goddess, adopted as a goddess of learning and the performing arts by Buddhists. Here, she sits on a lotus rising from the water and plays a central Asian lute-not a "vina," as would be the case in India.
Date circa 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium ink and paint on silk
Dimensions height: 18.3 in (46.4 cm); width: 14 in (35.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,18.3U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,14.0U218593
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
35.292
Place of creation Tibet (?)
Object history
  • John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 2002: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque. 2001-2003.
Credit line gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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