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Plaque of Vishnu (Vithoba) and family on horseback
Indian
about 1890
Medium/Technique
Either silver or nickel/copper
Dimensions
Height x length: 5.2 x 4.1 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Clifford S. Ackley in honor of Joan and Jim Wright
Accession Number2018.2116
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPlaques
Marks
Collected by Missionary Society/ Folkart
ProvenanceAbout 1890s, said to have been acquired in India by an English or American missionary society [see note]. 1986, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA to Clifford Ackley, Cambridge, MA; 2018, gift of Clifford Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2018)
NOTE: According to Hurst Gallery at the time of the sale in 1986.
NOTE: According to Hurst Gallery at the time of the sale in 1986.