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CHAMBA, CIRCA 1765-70
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PARASURAMA ATTACKS KARTAVIRYA
Chamba, circa 1765-70
An illustration to the Ramayana, gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Parasurama, sixth incarnation of Vishnu, assaulting Kartavirya after the latter has robbed his father the Brahman Jamadagni, the prostrate figure tended by a lady on the right, the Cow of Plenty Surabhi escapes in the upper left hand corner, black and white rules, red margin, slight flaking in green, mounted
Folio 7½ x 10¼in. (9.3 x 26cm.); miniature 6½ x 9in. (16.5 x 22.8cm.)
Chamba, circa 1765-70
An illustration to the Ramayana, gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Parasurama, sixth incarnation of Vishnu, assaulting Kartavirya after the latter has robbed his father the Brahman Jamadagni, the prostrate figure tended by a lady on the right, the Cow of Plenty Surabhi escapes in the upper left hand corner, black and white rules, red margin, slight flaking in green, mounted
Folio 7½ x 10¼in. (9.3 x 26cm.); miniature 6½ x 9in. (16.5 x 22.8cm.)
Provenance
Hiralal Bharany, Amritsar, September 1942
Literature
W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Chamba, no. 34, p. 61
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