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| Keywords: Indian - A Votive Figurine - Walters 25249 - Three Quarter Right.jpg This figure the oldest example of Indian art on view at The Walters Art Museum was probably placed flat on her back as an offering at a village shrine Her wide hips and fantastic floral headdress suggest that the donor hoped to become a mother or to gather an abundant harvest century 3 2 BC terracotta cm 25 7 12 7 2 5 accession number 25 249 20675 Doris Wiener New York date and mode of acquisition unknown John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2003 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Mathura India Walters Art Museum license Sculptures from India in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum 3rd-century art of India Art of Mathura Indian - A Votive Figurine - Walters 25249 | ||||
