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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37907
label
Sarasvati
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
37907
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Sarasvati
description
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.
provenance
John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.
date
ca. 1500
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
tangkas
tankas
thangkas
thankas
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
46.5
height
35.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 18 5/16 × W: 14 1/16 in. (46.51 × 35.72 cm); Framed H: 33 5/8 × W: 17 1/2 × D: 1 1/2 in. (85.41 × 44.45 × 3.81 cm)
Source extras
med
tempera on cloth
creator_ids
6238
6868
collection_ids
INT
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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