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NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR LATER
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THE AVATARS OF VISHNU
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR LATER
Depicting a dark-skinned kali standing on Shiva surrounded by vultures and jackals, surrounded by 10 scenes of Vishnu's avatars, clockwise from top left: Matsya killing a demon, Kurma the turtle in story of the Samudra Manthan, Varaha the boar raising up the world from the ocean, Vamana the dwarf with king Maha Bali, Narasimha killing the tyrant Hiranyakashipu, then two depictions of Rama, one of Krishna, next a depiction of Rajput Vishnaivite saint seated on a raised dais, and finally a representation of Kaliki on a raised dais, with black borders with scrolling vine design
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
11½ x 8¾ in. (29.2 x 22.2 cm.)
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR LATER
Depicting a dark-skinned kali standing on Shiva surrounded by vultures and jackals, surrounded by 10 scenes of Vishnu's avatars, clockwise from top left: Matsya killing a demon, Kurma the turtle in story of the Samudra Manthan, Varaha the boar raising up the world from the ocean, Vamana the dwarf with king Maha Bali, Narasimha killing the tyrant Hiranyakashipu, then two depictions of Rama, one of Krishna, next a depiction of Rajput Vishnaivite saint seated on a raised dais, and finally a representation of Kaliki on a raised dais, with black borders with scrolling vine design
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
11½ x 8¾ in. (29.2 x 22.2 cm.)
來源
Private Collection, America, 1980s