Krishna with a Butterball
The infant Krishna's fondness for raiding his mother's pantry for butter can be understood metaphorically as a representation of the god's ability to steal the human heart. The sculpture would have been installed in a household shrine in West Bengal.
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2285
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John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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en
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4
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/REF_F.23_3Qtr_UK.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/REF_F.23_3Qtr_UK.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/REF_F.23_3Qtr_UK.jpg |
| imageCount | 4 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3079 |
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