Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to the back of the print reads: 'The tortoise / incarnation /(KURMA AVATARA) / of VISHNU. / Vide "Gods of India' / p. 111 & pl. facing p.110'. Postscript: 'C&D I.H.N. Evans, 1920'.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (CMS Context)
Z number allocated on 30 4 1987. The inscription on the back of one of the prints gives an incorrect identification, " Kamadeva..." . The Hindi inscription on front is " Shri Rama Chaindonja." (Chris Pinney, SOAS, 1993).; Exhibited: On display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990.; Collected by: Evans.I.H.N
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (CMS Description)
Twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text by Vide, " Gods of India" . The bottom of each page has a registration number, an inscription in Hindi and " Ravi Varma Press. Karla Lonavla."
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Amendments / updates)
'The prints have been split into their own records to allow for easier identification of the prints. All the relevant information has been transferred to each record'.
Event Date 10/12/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Poster or printed page of the Hindu deity 'Kurma', who is half man and half turtle and an avatar of Vishnu. He is shown with four arms, which are holding a gold club, a disc with a pentagram, a pink lotus blossom and a chakra wheel. He is shown with the upper body of a man and the lower half of a turtle. He is adorned with numerous body ornaments, an elaborate headdress and a garland of pink lotus' around the neck. This print is one of twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text by Raja Ravi Varma, "Gods of India".
Event Date 10/12/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin