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Navanita Krishna

Navanita Krishna, 17th century

  • Indian

Bronze

  • Overall: 2 × 3/4 inches (5.1 × 1.9 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

27.279

Department

Asian Art

Details

(Dr. A. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947])

1927-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Lee, Sherman E. "East Indian Bronzes," Bulletin of the DIA 21, no. 4 (January 1942). Guide to Archaeological Galleries. Madras: Madras Government Museum, 1939, p. 38.

Indian, Navanita Krishna, 17th century, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 27.279.

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