A group of nine illustrations from the Markandeya Purana, India, Mandi, circa 1770

gouache heightened with gold on paper, with black and white rules, red borders, eight illustrations depicting Devi battling demons, one smaller depicting the sages Vyasa and Jaimini seated, the flyleaves with verses in black devanagari within floral polychrome borders and with Mandi library stamp

leaf: 30.5 by 38.8cm. (eight); 26.5 by 35.4cm. (one smaller)