Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum
A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Indian art by J. C. Harle and Andrew Topsfield (published Oxford, 1987).
Northern and Eastern India
Figure of Varaha, the Boar incarnation of Vishnu (EA1969.43)
Figure of Brahma with a hamsa, or goose (EAOS.62)
Figure of Siddha (EAOS.104)
Figure of Ganesha (EAX.182)
Figure of Vishnu in the lotus (EAX.285)
Figure of Shiva and Parvati (Uma-Maheshvara) (EAOS.70)
Statue of the Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree (EAOS.56)
Votive stupa (EAOS.59)
Figure of Vishnu (The Hedges Vishnu) (LI894.12)
Stone pilaster (EAX.2477.a)
Stone pilaster (EAX.2477.b)
Votive plaque depicting scenes from the Buddha’s Life (EAX.415)
Orissa
Figure of Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu (EA1966.88)
Figure of Ganesha (EA1980.64)
Western India
Head of a Tirthankara, or Jain saviour (EAX.245)
Fragment of a donor group possibly depicting Vasudeva, Subhadra, and Balarama (EA1961.168)
Part of a door jamb with musicians and figures, possibly gods (EAOS.71)
Figure of Shiva and Parvati (Uma-Maheshvara) (EA1965.5)
The Tirthankara Kuntunatha (EAOS.108)
Figure of Vishnu and Lakshmi, or Lakshmi-Narayana (EA1965.161)
Krishna holding up the Govardhana mountain (EA1980.2)
Head of a yogini or goddess (EA1965.41)
Figure of Kurma, the Tortoise incarnation of Vishnu (EA1967.43)
The Deccan
Figure of Durga slaying the Buffalo-demon (EA1980.62)
Figure of Shiva as Virabhadra (EA1964.157)
Figure of Nandi, the bull of Shiva (EAOS.77)
South India
Standing figure of Vishnu (EA1981.10)
Standing figure of Gauri (EA1958.205.a)
Figure of the saint Tirumankai Alvar (EA1967.42)
Pier from a model of the Pudu-Mandapa (EA1956.673)
Pier from a model of the Pudu-Mandapa (EA1956.674)
Figure of Krishna Vatapatrashayi (EA1958.175)
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