Sarasvati

10th-11th century

55.6 cm 71.2 cm 24.4 cm

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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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Present in Varanasi, India (?); acquired by William Wolff, New York; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1969.
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