Siddha Lakshmi with Kali
ca. 1660-1670
Indian
Asian Art
- Maker/Artist
- Indian
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and beetle wing cases on paper
- Locations
- Place made: Basohli, Punjab Hills, India
- Dimensions
- sheet: 8 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (21.9 x 21.3 cm) image: 7 1/8 x 6 11/16 in. (18.1 x 17.0 cm)
- Inscribed
- Inscribed at top: Siddha Lakshmi with Kali. On reverse: One should (let one) meditate thus in the lotus of his heart on Siddha Lakshmi, goddess of remembrance, Bhadrakali (all epithets of Siddha Lakshmi) who is young, with a face resembling the rising moon and crown bedecked with the crescent moon. Whose pricelessly graceful form is clad in a yellow dress, seated on an eightfold (cosmic) lotus, accompanied by Kali, drinking draughts of liquor. Translated by Sonali Mitra. Inscribed on top right: Siddha Lakshmi with Kali.
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 84.142
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster in honor of Dr. Bertram H. Schaffner
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
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