A painting from the Mahabharata
India, Jaipur, circa 1800
A donkey-headed king seated on a golden throne and in conversation with two princes who have been escorted to him, with a number of animal-headed attendants standing to the right and seated in the foreground, all in an open courtyard before a silver pavilion and within golden walls, a green hilly landscape and a gold and blue sky in the distance
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
9 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.8 x 18.2 cm.), image
11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.3 x 24.5 cm.), folio
A painting from the Mahabharata
India, Jaipur, circa 1800
A donkey-headed king seated on a golden throne and in conversation with two princes who have been escorted to him, with a number of animal-headed attendants standing to the right and seated in the foreground, all in an open courtyard before a silver pavilion and within golden walls, a green hilly landscape and a gold and blue sky in the distance
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
9 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.8 x 18.2 cm.), image
11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.3 x 24.5 cm.), folio
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