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The Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda
The Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda

The Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda

Place of Originperhaps Arthuna, Rajasthan state, India
Dateapprox. 1500-1700
MaterialsStone (chlorite schist)
DimensionsH. 31 1/2 in x W. 18 in x D. 9 1/2 in, H. 80 cm x W. 45.7 cm x D. 24.1 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60S108
DepartmentSouth Asian Art
ClassificationsSculpture
On View
Not on view
InscribedThere are two inscriptions and they were studied in 1999 by Dr. Gouriswar Bhattacharya (then in Berlin) from photos and ink rubbings. Inscription 1 location: on the front of the base. Bhattacharya comments that the three-line inscription written in the nagari script and in the western Indian dialect is difficult to decipher. "In the first line it refers perhaps to the donor of the image as panaheri, meaning the water-vessel carrier (panhari), in the second line refers probably to the date which reads asara-sudi 1, i.e. the first day of the bright half of the month of Asadha (June-July).The short line written in the middle with a different hand perhaps refers to the sculptors Pata and Amja." [He regrets that he is not happy about his reading of this inscription.] Inscription 2 location: on front surface of proper left frame element. "The second two-line inscription written also in Nagari and in Western Indian dialect reads probably: "(line 1) panheriki (line 2) ram[ji], i.e. the image of Rama of the water-jar carrier. Vishnu has been called Rama." The conservator's report on the rubbings mentions that the inscription is not very legible because of the very shallow and thin incised/scratched lines.