File:Chinese - Sarasvati - Walters 35292 - Detail.jpg
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Artist |
Chinese (?) |
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Title |
Sarasvati |
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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. |
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Date |
circa 1500 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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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 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
35.292 |
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Place of creation | Tibet (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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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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