CENTRAL INDIA, DATIA, CIRCA 1770

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA VISITS BHISHMA
CENTRAL INDIA, DATIA, CIRCA 1770

Opaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Image 10 ½ x 15 ¾ in. (26.7 x 40 cm.); folio 12 ¾ x 17 7/8 in. (32.4 x 45.4 cm.)

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The current work depicts blue-skinned Krishna arriving at the camp of Bhishma. Verses from the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana are inscribed in Devanagari on the verso, with the stamp of the Datia State karkhana (artist studio) below.

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