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Oval painting of a deity on a lotus atop a pillar wrapped by a serpent, with a tortoise in water below and a white horse and elephant behind.

The churning of the ocean with a tortoise below, Indian gouache

An oval gouache painting shows a multi-armed deity seated on a lotus atop a rising pillar, with a coiled multi-headed serpent wrapped around its base and figures pulling at it. Below, in dark water, a tortoise appears, and a white horse and elephant graze in the background beside seated figures, a cow, and a tree.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3159 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

The Sea and ShipsGods and Epics of India19th centuryminiature paintinggouachemythologyindian paintingvishnuoval paintinghindu cosmology

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