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  • Lakshmi sitting on a lotus being anointed by two elephants. Watercolour drawing.
  • Saravati holding a musical instrument, sitting on a lotus in water. Lithograph.
  • Lord Krishna dancing on a lotus. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Lakshmi on her lotus in the water with elephant. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Sarasvati with a musical instrument, sitting on a lotus on the river. Chromolithograph.
  • Durga on a lotus with all her weapons surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Durga on a lotus with all her weapons surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Durga on her lotus with symbols surrounded and attended by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.
  • A Sikh ruler holding a lotus flower. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (detail of right side)
  • Shiva, the Hindu deity, seated in the lotus position on a deerskin. Gouache painting.
  • Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • An Indian deity holding a mace and a lotus flower. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Chinese deity seated on a lotus throne. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Parvati, the wife of Lord Shiva, holding a lotus in each hand. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Vishnu resting on the ocean accompanied by Lakshmi, Tumbara, Hanuman, Narada, Garuda and Brahma sitting on a lotus. Chromolithograph.
  • A poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (right) and presents them to the monk Phra Malai (left)
  • Lord Krishna, a blue skinned Hindu deity dancing on a lotus. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Vishnu reclining on the ocean with Brahma springing from a lotus growing from Vishnu's navel with attendants. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Three Hindu ascetics, or holy men: above, a man lying on a bed of nails; below left, a man seated in the lotus position with withered arms raised above his head; below right, a man seated in the lotus position holding a trident. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, 1809.
  • Radha and Krishna on a single lotus within an "Om" sign surrounded by rondels of scenes of Krishna's life. Coloured lithograph.
  • Vishnu and Lakshmi seated on a lotus being attended by Garuda, Hanuman and female attendants, and hailed by elephants. Gouache drawing.
  • Dalai Lama (?) sitting on a lotus with the Buddha just above him and ten other Buddhist figures surrounding him. Lithograph.
  • Manjushri (Manjusri), the bodhisattva of wisdom, seated on a giant lion, holding a sword and a lotus. Watercolour by a Chinese artist.
  • King Suddhodana, courtiers and other men pay their respects to Bodhisatta, siting on a swing in the lotus possition, a second time
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: seated in the lotus position on a leopard skin, with withered arms raised above his head. Coloured stipple engraving, 1814.
  • An eight-petalled lotus with Vishnu in the center, and eight other deities in each petal representing the eight cardinal directions (?). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.