A DEVOTEE'S ICON OF VISHNU AND SHRI ENTHRONED

MYSORE, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A DEVOTEE'S ICON OF VISHNU AND SHRI ENTHRONED
MYSORE, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments on paper, the divine couple seated under the hood of the seven-headed naga, Garuda at their feet, other deities and worshippers around standing under cusped arches, with black borders, framed and glazed
19 ½ x 23 ¼in. (49.5 x 59cm.)

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For a discussion on Mysore paintings, and a closely related painting of Rama enthroned, see Barbari Rossi, From the Ocean of Painting, India's Popular Paintings, 1589 to the Present, Oxford, 1998, cat.33, pp.86-87.

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