Altar Screen

91-32-10B

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 91-32-10B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India
Date Made 15th Century - 1991
Section Asian
Materials Brass (uncertain)
Technique Cast | Openwork | Incised | Chased
Iconography Elephant | Lion | Naga (Snake) | Dwarf | Makaras | Kala
Description

Back screen for altar (A). Fairly flat screen with five serpents/cobras projecting from front and two knobs on back. Two prongs for inset into slot on base. Includes lions.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Charles C. G. Chaplin, 1991

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