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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Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37889
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
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. Connections
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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."
Source "Kalki Avatar, the Future Incarnation of Vishnu," accession 1991.32.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)
This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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