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Source Description
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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Document identity
localId
2285
label
Krishna with a Butterball
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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2285
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Krishna with a Butterball
description
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.
provenance
John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
date
17th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Metal
sculpture (visual works)
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
16.3
depth
25.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 × W: 6 7/16 × D: 10 1/16 in. (23.5 × 16.3 × 25.6 cm)
Source extras
med
copper alloy with shell inlay and traces of paint
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2191
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INT
exhibition_ids
3142
2071
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