Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Comb with Vishnu and Peacock
The four-armed Vishnu is shown reclining on a serpent upon the cosmic ocean, during the time between world periods, when the universe has collapsed. On the other side is a handsome peacock.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
David Antiquities, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, March 1969, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2001-2003 | Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. |
Geographies
Nepal (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 1/8 x W: 3 1/16 x D: 1/2 in. (10.5 x 7.8 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2021
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.1226