AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: THE BIRTH OF VAMANA

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7,000 - 10,000 USD

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Description

AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: THE BIRTH OF VAMANA
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8 3/8 by 14 3/8 in. (21.3 by 36.5 cm);
folio: 10 by 16 in. (24.5 by 40.6 cm) unframed

Catalogue Note

Vishnu seated on the shoulders of Garuda, standing and later in flight. Vamana with his mother Aditi and father Kashyapa accompanied by a rishi. On a brilliant crimson-red ground with apple-green and stark-white interior compartments within the two-story pavilion at the right.