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KANGRA OR GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840
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KRISHNA SLAYS THE DEMON VYOMASURA
KANGRA OR GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, blue-skinned Krishna seizes the demon Vyomasura by two limbs and casts him down, the demon Vyomasura is shown a second time in his true form and slain below, Balarama to the left holding a stake, the shepherd boys captured by Vyomasura on the right, the figures identified with white devanagari inscriptions, within gold and polychrome floral borders on wide red-speckled margins mounted on card, framed and glazed
Painting 7 5/8 x 11in. (19.4 x 27.8cm.); folio 9½ x 12 7/8in. (24 x 32.6cm.)
KANGRA OR GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, blue-skinned Krishna seizes the demon Vyomasura by two limbs and casts him down, the demon Vyomasura is shown a second time in his true form and slain below, Balarama to the left holding a stake, the shepherd boys captured by Vyomasura on the right, the figures identified with white devanagari inscriptions, within gold and polychrome floral borders on wide red-speckled margins mounted on card, framed and glazed
Painting 7 5/8 x 11in. (19.4 x 27.8cm.); folio 9½ x 12 7/8in. (24 x 32.6cm.)
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