Manuscript Cover with Vishnu Flanked by Lakshmi and Sarasvati, 14th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Distemper on wood, Overall: 1 7/8 x 13 1/16 in. (4.7 x 33.2 cm), Paintings, This cover depicts a standing four-armed Vishnu mounted on Garuda, his half-man, half-bird vehicle. Vishnu is flanked on the right by his wife Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, and on the left by Sarasvati, the goddess of learning and wisdom, who sometimes appears as Vishnu's consort
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Manuscript Cover, Vishnu Flanked, Lakshmi, Sarasvati, 14th century, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Distemper, wood, Overall, 1 7/8 x 13 1/16, 4.7 33.2 cm, Paintings, cover, depicts, standing four-armed, Vishnu, mounted, Garuda, half-man, half-bird vehicle, flanked, right, wife Lakshmi, goddess, wealth, prosperity, left, learning, wisdom, sometimes, consort
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