M0012565 / M0012566: Brass figures of Jvarasura and Krishna

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Brass figure of Jvara with three heads and legs and six arms.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Brass standing figure of Krishna playing the flute.

Photograph of a brass figure of Jvarasura, god of fever and disease, with three heads and legs and six arms, and a brass standing figure of Krishna with legs crossed and arms raised as though playing the flute. These items were accessioned by Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R4663) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0012571

June 1952

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm/photographic print; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for one of the items depicted in the glass plate negative:R4663

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.