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An illustration to a Hindi version of the Bhagavata Purana (X, 3, 49)
Mewar, late 18th or early 19th Century
Gouache on paper, with Vasudeva leaving the prison, guarded by demonic headed guards and carrying the child Krishna towards river, sheltered by snake Sesha for the thunderstorm, accompanied by a tiger, reaching the other shore and Devadaki resting on the bed in the prison, heightened by gold, inscription in black nagari script
21.7 x 37.3 cm (some discolouring in yellow text panel)
Mewar, late 18th or early 19th Century
Gouache on paper, with Vasudeva leaving the prison, guarded by demonic headed guards and carrying the child Krishna towards river, sheltered by snake Sesha for the thunderstorm, accompanied by a tiger, reaching the other shore and Devadaki resting on the bed in the prison, heightened by gold, inscription in black nagari script
21.7 x 37.3 cm (some discolouring in yellow text panel)
Literature
Neven, Op. Cit., p. 38
Bautze, Op. Cit., p. 100
Bautze, Op. Cit., p. 100