Shrine figure
Vasudeva was the father of the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, Krishna and his siblings. He is shown here holding Krishna whose life was threatened by the King Mathura, so Vasudeva hid the baby Krishna on a leaf in the River Yamuna, where he was later found and brought up by cowherds. Height 134mm.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 11/1933/109
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- coper alloy
- Common Name
- shrine figure
- Simple Name
- figure
- Production Town
- Pune
- Production County
- Maharashtra
- Production Country
- India
- Production Year High
- 1933
