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[Stefan Baums]

Dear Valerie et al.,

> The conch-demon is S'ankhaasura ... depicted in painted sets of Avataras from 
> the 18th-19th century, but I haven't got an example to hand.

here is an example from the University of Virginia Art Museum (second image from the top):

    http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/collections_NEW/the_collections/Asian/India.html

Unfortunately rather small, and I'm not sure I see the conch, unless it is the orange object floating in the river in the bottom left of the painting.

All best,
Stefan

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Stefan Baums
Asian Languages and Literature
University of Washington