Sarasvati
Sarasvati, goddess of music and learning, plucks the "vina"—a stringed musical instrument—while holding a palm leaf manuscript in one of her four hands. The manuscript alludes to sacred knowledge, protected by the goddess. Carved of sandstone native to the northern Indian stat...
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Sculpture
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218
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sculpture
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normalized
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Present in Varanasi, India (?); acquired by William Wolff, New York; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1969.
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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_25.50_Fnt_SL.jpg |
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_25.50_Fnt_SL.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/25.50 |
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sandstone
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