拍品專文
For a related example, see V. Dehejia, Devi: the Great Goddess, 1999, p. 42, fig. 2
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INDIA, GULER, CIRCA 1840
細節
A painting from a Devi Mahatmya: Vishnu sleeping on the serpent Ananta
India, Guler, circa 1840
The blue-skinned god wearing a yellow dhoti and long garland resting with one arm slung behind his head, two hands in his lap, and his attributes laid beside him, with Lakshmi wearing an orange lengha and gold choli-dupatta seated with one knee raised massaging her husband's foot, the couple upon the multi-headed serpent resting on the ocean of bliss with Brahma and Durga above and the demons Madhu and Kaitabha entering at right, the verso extensively inscribed in devanagari script within a yellow floral border
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (20 x 7.6 cm.)
India, Guler, circa 1840
The blue-skinned god wearing a yellow dhoti and long garland resting with one arm slung behind his head, two hands in his lap, and his attributes laid beside him, with Lakshmi wearing an orange lengha and gold choli-dupatta seated with one knee raised massaging her husband's foot, the couple upon the multi-headed serpent resting on the ocean of bliss with Brahma and Durga above and the demons Madhu and Kaitabha entering at right, the verso extensively inscribed in devanagari script within a yellow floral border
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (20 x 7.6 cm.)
來源
Private collection, Tennesee