AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA ATTACKS NARAKA'S FORTRESS AT PROGJYOTISHPUR

Good and stable overall condition with wear to the edges as visible in catalog illustration. Abrasions to white pigment on the severed heads of the demons as well as the torso. Reds slightly lighter than in catalog illustration. Two line inscription on verso. Exhibited in a temporary frame.
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Krishna in his cosmic form of Vishnu and accompanied by his consort Satyabhama calmly slays the mighty asura general Mura cutting off all of his five heads. His vehicle Garuda races forward breaking through every barrier while carrying the couple aloft on a giant lotus cushion. They cross a moat protecting the citadel of Naraka, breaching all of its massive defenses and fortifications. The demon king Naraka sits in meditation with knees bound within a brilliantly colored crimson-red chamber in his yellow palace, awaiting his own destruction.

For a related folio see Edwin Binney III, Rajput Miniatures from the Collection of Edwin Binney III, Portland, 1968, cat. 1c, pp. 4-5.