Painting
This painting depicts the Hindu deity Vishnu who is sheltered by the 5-headed Shesha, one of the primal beings of creation. Vishnu is holding a disc, chakra and a conch, shankha. One hand depicts the vitarka-mudra gesture, or the Wheel of Law.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 128/1998/6
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Archives and images
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- mica | pigment (oil-based) | | |
- Common Name
- painting
- Simple Name
- painting on mica
- Production Town
- Thanjavur
- Production County
- Tamil Nadu
- Production Country
- India
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- late 19th century
- Production Year High
- early 20th century
