Lakshmi

Description Lakshmi, spouse of the supreme Hindu god Vishnu, holds a lotus. Originally, a figure of Vishnu stood beside her.

Exhibitions

• 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. 2001-2003.

Provenance Sonam Tashi, Kathmandu, Nepal [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, July 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.

Credit Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2021