Miniature Votive Placque
1700-1799
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Miniature Votive Placque
1700-1799
Physical Qualities
Ivory, 5.5 x 2.9 x 1 cm.
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
1999.643
Figure of Vishnu with attendants; on the base are two rectangles, one with a servant, the other, an elephant. Four-handed figure sitting cross-legged. The lower right arm held with palm out, fingers up, the other three hands holding various attributes (bell, rattle, baton?). Snake draped over proper right shoulder. Female seated on proper left knee with PR hand raised to mouth. Lower register contains kneeling winged figure in profile and elephant standing in profile. Back of figure in the form of the back of a hooded cobra's head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; private collection, Baltimore
Inscribed: None.
