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Buddhist-Hindu Lamp (Sukunda) with Five-Headed Cobra and Seated Vishnu - Image 1
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Buddhist-Hindu Lamp (Sukunda) with Five-Headed Cobra and Seated Vishnu

Hindu, 1800

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Buddhist-Hindu Lamp (Sukunda) with Five-Headed Cobra and Seated Vishnu

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Buddhist-Hindu Lamp (Sukunda) with Five-Headed Cobra and Seated Vishnu

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Buddhist-Hindu Lamp (Sukunda) with Five-Headed Cobra and Seated Vishnu

Hindu, 1800

Physical Qualities Metal alloy, 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) L
Credit Line Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number 1922.2.33
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, New York; Lockwood de Forest purchased in India, probably 1914
Collection installation, "Asia. Offering Options," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Examples of East Indian Persian and Syro-Damascan Art and Curios forming the private collection of the widely known artist and connoisseur Lockwood De Forest, Esq. of New York City, NY: American Art Association, 1922, no. 70.
On View: Levy Gallery 2, Case 05

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