PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARGARET AND ROBERT JAFFIE

An illustration from the Bhagavata Purana: Krishna and Balarama Battling Jarasingha

NEPAL, CIRCA 1775

Details

An illustration from the Bhagavata Purana: Krishna and Balarama Battling Jarasingha
Nepal, circa 1775
Depicting the blue-skinned Krishna fighting another warrior, top, and white-skinned Balarama at center left fighting Jarasingha, all in chariots and identified by inscriptions, surrounded by numerous soldiers on horse, elephant and foot, weapons flying and pools of blood at bottom
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
13¼ x 20 1/8 in. (33.5 x 51 cm.)

Lot Essay

This painting comes from a unique and distinguished Nepalese version of the Bhagavata Purana, which chronicles the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, each of whom must save the world from danger, destroy the wicked and protect the virtuous. For other leaves in the same series, see Archer and Binney, Rajput Miniatures, 1968, pp. 64-66, no. 49 and P. Pal, Art of Nepal, 1985, no. P35a-b.

More from Indian and Southeast Asian Art

View All