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Title: The first five of Vishnu's Dasavatara (ten incarnations)
Creator: Unknown, India
Date Created and/or Issued: begin to mid 19 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: Contained in foliate arches, Matsya (the fish), Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the Boar), Narasimha (the Man-lion), and Vamana (the dwarf)
Type: image
Format: Painting Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color India, Eastern India, Orissa h 1 -9/16 x w 11 inches
Form/Genre: Painting
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5g50044n
1999.15.20.1
Place: India, Eastern India, Orissa

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