A painting on cloth of Harihara
A painting on cloth of Harihara

INDIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

细节
A painting on cloth of Harihara
India, first half 19th Century
With the embodiment of a conjoined Shiva and Vishnu standing in a lotus pond surrounded by mythical animals and cosmic diagrams, with inscriptions in Devanagiri
43 x 33.7/8 in. (111 x 86 cm.)

拍品专文

For a further discussion of Harihara, representing the biunity of Shiva and Vishnu, see S. Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva, 1981, cat. no. P-8, p. 168.