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Oval gouache painting of a four-armed deity on a lotus pillar, a serpent coiled around it, gods and demons pulling, a white horse and elephant above, and a tortoise below.

The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

A gouache painting in an oval frame shows a four-armed deity standing on a lotus atop a pillar, with a serpent coiled around it while figures on either side grip it through rippling water. Above, a white horse and white elephant graze beside a sun and crescent moon, and a tortoise appears at the base.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3568 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Batido del océano de leche con la tortuga Kurma

Una pintura en gouache dentro de un marco ovalado muestra una deidad de cuatro brazos de pie sobre un loto, sobre un pilar con una serpiente enroscada, mientras figuras a ambos lados la sujetan entre aguas ondulantes. Arriba, un caballo blanco y un elefante blanco pastan junto a un sol y una luna creciente, y en la base aparece una tortuga.

Português: Batida do oceano de leite com a tartaruga Kurma

Uma pintura em guache dentro de uma moldura oval mostra uma divindade de quatro braços em pé sobre um lótus, em um pilar envolto por uma serpente, enquanto figuras de ambos os lados a seguram entre águas ondulantes. Acima, um cavalo branco e um elefante branco pastam ao lado de um sol e de uma lua crescente, e na base aparece uma tartaruga.

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