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"Kalki Avatar, the Future Incarnation of Vishnu," accession 1991.32.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Kalki Avatar, the Future Incarnation of Vishnu," an opaque watercolor, gold, silver and beetle-wing-case folio, India, Basohli, Jammu, circa 1700 to 1710. The record's own title names Kalki directly. Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 1991. Accession number 1991.32.1, Asian Art department.

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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37889
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
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1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned folio, the strongest available record for its origin, materials and accession number, whose title names the figure depicted.
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Kalki, Deities

This source names Kalki directly: "open-access collection API record for "Kalki Avatar, the Future Incarnation of Vishnu," an opaque watercolor, gold, silver and beetle-wing-case folio, India, Basohli, Jammu, circa 1700 to 1710."

Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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