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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Kṛṣṇa playing the flute: Pictorial brick from a Bengal temple facade
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Kṛṣṇa playing the flute: Pictorial brick from a Bengal temple facade

Maker Eastern India, Bengal
Date17th-18th century
Made/manufacturedBengal, India, Asia
MediumIncised terracotta
Dimensions9 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (23.2 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Needham
Object number1987.1.2
On View
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Eastern India, Bengal
17th-18th century
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Indian
before 20th century
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Eastern India, Bengal
20th century
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Unknown Japanese Artist
Nambokucho period (1333-1392), 14th century
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Igbo Artist
late 19th-early 20th century
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Agbonbiofe Adesina
early 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
African, Nigeria, Benin
undated
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Dogon Artist
20th century
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Eastern India
11th century
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Indian, Bengal, Bankura
mid 20th Century