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INDIA, KERALA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A large bronze lamp base depicting the turtle kurma
India, Kerala, 18th/19th century
With high flaring sides rising at the center to the form of the turtle kurma, an incarnation of Vishnu, the hollow container with rounded body with high rounded neck and flaring rim rising from the turtle's back, with an inscription in Malayalam
17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.), diameter
India, Kerala, 18th/19th century
With high flaring sides rising at the center to the form of the turtle kurma, an incarnation of Vishnu, the hollow container with rounded body with high rounded neck and flaring rim rising from the turtle's back, with an inscription in Malayalam
17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.), diameter
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1960s