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Title: Untitled, Matsyavatara
Creator: Unknown, India
Date Created and/or Issued: latter half 18 century A.D
Publication Information: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Collection: Art Collection Highlights - Indian Miniature Paintings
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Vishnu emerges from a large white fish with four arms surmounted by a multi headed snake hood. The demon who had stolen the Vedas sits on a shell.
Type: image
Format: Painting India, Punjab Hills or Kashmir h 7 -3/4 x w 5 -9/16 inches
Form/Genre: Painting
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt167n9868
1998.42.82
Place: India, Punjab Hills or Kashmir

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