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| Keywords: Indian - Cosmic Narayana (Vishnu) as Infant Krishna - Walters 543081.jpg Here Krishna is both a playful child and a substitute for Vishnu In a vision a sage saw Krishna lying on a banyan leaf upon the cosmic ocean recalling the reclining Vishnu in the span between world periods Bronzes such as this would be grouped with other images in a family shrine where they would receive daily worship century 16 17 gilt bronze gemstones cm 8 9 18 4 12 1 accession number 54 3081 30144 Hartman Gallery New York New York date and mode of acquisition unknown E C O'Dell Baltimore 1955 by purchase John and Berthe Ford Baltimore March 1981 by inheritance Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2010 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Tamil Nadu India Walters Art Museum license Art of India in the Walters Art Museum Bala Krishna in sculpture Bronze of India 16th-century art of India | ||||
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