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Title:Carved Conch with Lakshmi-Narayana
Period:Pala period
Date:11th–12th century
Culture:India (possibly West Bengal) or Bangladesh
Medium:Shell with silver additions
Dimensions:H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); D. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification:Shell
Credit Line:Gift of Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1986
Object Number:1986.501.6
Evelyn Kranes Kossak , New York (until 1986; donated to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Flame and the Lotus," September 20, 1984–March 3, 1985.
Dayton Art Institute. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," November 11, 1989–January 14, 1990.
Baltimore. Walters Art Museum. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," February 17, 1990–April 15, 1990.
Newark Museum. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," May 19, 1990–August 26, 1990.
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," October 9, 1990–December 2, 1990.
Nashville,. Frist Center for the Visual Arts. "Vishnu: India's Blue-Skinned Savior," February 25, 2011–May 29, 2011.
New York,. Brooklyn Museum. "Vishnu: India's Blue-Skinned Savior," June 24, 2011–August 18, 2011.
Martin Lerner. The Flame and the Lotus: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Kronos Collections. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984, pp. 82– 85, cat. no. 29b.
Huntington, Susan L., and John C. Huntington. Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th centuries) and its International Legacy. Exh. cat. [Dayton, Ohio]: Dayton Art Institute in association with the University of Washington Press, 1990, pp. 179–80, cat. no. 52.
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