拍品专文
This excerpt from the Devi Mahatmya is from Chapter 11, verses 37 to part of 43. This chapter recounts the Devas praising Durga for her past and future actions, lead by Indra as pictured here.
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INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR GUJARAT, MID-18TH CENTURY
细节
A folio from the Devi Mahatmya: Indra paying homage
India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, mid-18th century
The manuscript page with a painting depicting the four-armed Devi seated at left, a faint halo encircling her head, offered a cup and flower to Indra standing at right, who holds an ankus and in turn offers her his crown, both against a blue background with a canopy above, the right side of the folio and verso with text
Opaque pigments on paper
28¾ x 26 3/8 in. (73 x 67 cm.)
India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, mid-18th century
The manuscript page with a painting depicting the four-armed Devi seated at left, a faint halo encircling her head, offered a cup and flower to Indra standing at right, who holds an ankus and in turn offers her his crown, both against a blue background with a canopy above, the right side of the folio and verso with text
Opaque pigments on paper
28¾ x 26 3/8 in. (73 x 67 cm.)
来源
Doris Wiener Gallery, by 1978