Kalki, Avatar of Vishnu Artist: Unknown

ca. 1780

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 12 × 8 1/4 in. (30.5 × 21 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Gunnery School

Accession Number

1966.78.1

Geography

India

Culture

Indian

Period

Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Annie Jean van Sinderen (Mrs. Adrian Van Sinderen, 1888–1968), Washington, Conn; given to the Gunnery School Washington, Conn; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1966
Bibliography

  • Thomas Maurice, The History of Hindostan (New York: Garland Publishing, 1984), 1–705.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), townscapes

Subject

horse

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