Gajalakshmi: Lakshmi with Elephants

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gajalakshmi: Lakshmi with Elephants

Date
c. 1890
Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
Culture
Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
162499

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Seated on a lotus in the yoga lotus position (padmasana), Lakshmi (wife of Vishnu and goddess of fortune, prosperity, and beauty) is flanked by elephants that anoint her and express their devotion by bathing her with water from the pot held aloft with their trunks. The lotus seat serves as a throne while the elephants’ trunks form an arch within which she is enshrined.

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Credit line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
Provenance
?-2003: William E. Ward [1922-2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2003-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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