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Description: | Detailed incription on the reverse explaining the print. ''Vishnu as the Supreme being ....''
N.4 Made in Italy
Polychrome print on paper depicting Vishnu, resting on the serpent Ananta-Shesha, together with His consort Lakshmi massaging his feet, flanked by two attendants. Vishnu holds holding a red padma (lotus flower) in his upper right hand, a unique type of mace used in warfare known as a Kaumodaki gada in the lower right hand, and a conch shell in his upper left hand. From his navel grows a red lotus flower, on which sits the figure of Brahma.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1962v | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | paper (fiber product) paper prints (ritual & belief: representations) pigment | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-111281 | Go to resource |
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