File:Indian - Sarasvati - Walters 2550.jpg

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Sarasvati, goddess of music and learning, holding a vina (musical instrument) and a manuscript. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

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Title
Sarasvati
Description
English: This sculpture once stood in a niche in a Hindu temple. Sarasvati is the name of a river and of a goddess-a goddess who embodies the power of speech, of music (she is playing the stringed instrument known as the "vina"), and of learning (she holds a manuscript in her lower left hand).
Date 10th century
date QS:P571,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium sandstone
medium QS:P186,Q13085
Dimensions height: 71.7 cm (28.2 in); width: 56.5 cm (22.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,71.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,56.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
25.50
Place of creation Benares, India (?)
Object history
  • Benares area, India
  • William Wolff, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Walters Art Museum, 1969, by purchase
Credit line Museum purchase, 1969
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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