File:Watercolour painting on paper of Bṛhaspati, a Vedic deity holding a lotus flower.jpg

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English: Vrihaspati 
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   Object type
       painting term details
   Museum number

   1880,0.2066
   Title (object)
       Vrihaspati
   Description

   Watercolour painting on paper of Bṛhaspati, a Vedic deity holding a lotus flower. He wears a white dhoti with a shawl draped over his shoulders, a golden crown and jewellery on his wrists, ankles and arms. A sword in his left hand rests against his shoulder. He is seated on a platform with vessels underneath. In the bakcdrop is a building with an entrance; trees and a hill are in the distance. The painting is surrounded by a black border.

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   School/style
       Company School term details
   Date
       19thC(early)
   Production place
       Painted in: Patna (?) term details
       (Asia,South Asia,India,Bihar (state),Patna)
   Findspot
       Found/Acquired: India
       (Asia,South Asia,India)
   Materials
       paper
   Technique
       painted term details
   Dimensions
       Height: 26.2 centimetres
       Width: 11.2 centimetres
   Inscriptions
           Inscription Type
           inscription
           Inscription Position
           lower border
           Inscription Language
           English
           Inscription Content
           Vrihaspati
   Location

   Not on display
   Subjects
       ruler
       hinduism term details
       lotus term details
       arms/armour term details
   Associated names
       Named in inscription: Rāma biography
       Associated with: Vrihaspati
   Department

   Asia
   Registration number
1880,0.2066
Date early 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727
Source https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1880-0-2066
Author Company School

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