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Plaque of Vishnu (Vithoba) and family on horseback
Image Not Available for Plaque of Vishnu (Vithoba) and family on horseback

Plaque of Vishnu (Vithoba) and family on horseback

Artist Unknown
about 1890
(not assigned)Maharashtra, India
Medium/TechniqueEither silver or nickel/copper
DimensionsHeight x length: 5.2 x 4.1 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in honor of Joan and Jim Wright
Accession number2018.2116
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPlaques
Collections
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.