Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Be Moved... Journeys of Body and Mind' (MA Museology students' exhibition), 08/06/1999 - 11/07/1999, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich. On loan from 02/06/1999, returned 13/07/1999.
Event Date 29/9/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (CMS Description)
Set of playing card size paintings of the ten avatars of Vishnu, made in or near the pilgrimage town of Puri with its Jagannath temple. Framed for exhibition in 1999.
Event Date 29/9/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Amendments / updates)
'This record originally contained all the information for the objects 1978.168 A-J. They have all now been split and given their own record, as they are all very different visually'.
Event Date 31/10/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Painting of Kalki, the 10th avatar of Vishnu. He is depicted with blue coloured skin, riding atop a white stallion, which is adorned with gold coloured animal trappings. Kalki holds a large sword in his p. right hand and a staff in his p. left hand. He is adorned with gold coloured armour and an elaborate, stepped, conical headdress. The painting is surrounded with a yellow and red border.
Event Date 31/10/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin