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NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A painting of Anantashayana
North India, 18th century
Depicting a serene Vishnu wearing a yellow dhoti with gold stipples and golden crown with peacock tail finial, his left arm slung behind his head resting on a pillow with floral designs, Lakshmi at right massaging her husband's feet, a lotus stem rising from his navel supporting a pink blossom and the four-headed Brahma, all upon the black serpent Shesha floating on a milky sea, with a green landscape and four temple towers sporting red flags in the distance against a slate sky
Opaque watercolor on wasli heightened with gold
7 1/8 x 6¾ in. (18 x 17.1 cm.)
North India, 18th century
Depicting a serene Vishnu wearing a yellow dhoti with gold stipples and golden crown with peacock tail finial, his left arm slung behind his head resting on a pillow with floral designs, Lakshmi at right massaging her husband's feet, a lotus stem rising from his navel supporting a pink blossom and the four-headed Brahma, all upon the black serpent Shesha floating on a milky sea, with a green landscape and four temple towers sporting red flags in the distance against a slate sky
Opaque watercolor on wasli heightened with gold
7 1/8 x 6¾ in. (18 x 17.1 cm.)
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1970s
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