THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HINDU EPICS
INDIA, MALWA AND MEWAR, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HINDU EPICS INDIA, MALWA AND MEWAR, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY Comprising a folio from the Bhagavata Purana , divided into three scenes, the top left depicting cowherds and an elderly sage on a green ground, the top right with baby Krishna being presented by the sage to Yashoda and Putana on a maroon ground, lower section depicting the giant form of the demoness Putana, having been strangled by Krishna being cut up and burnt by the people of Vraj, verso with inscription in black and red devanagari script with folio no. "15;" with two illustrated folios from a Bhaktiratnavali series, the first with Vishnu seated at upper left on a throne, and ascetics recounting the merits of praying to Vishnu, the second with two ascetics conversing as Vishnu and a king battle demons, the same king at lower right blessing a woman, a demon at lower left devouring a monk, both folios with verses in devanagari in yellow panels above Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper 10 5/8 x 16 7/8 in. (27 x 42.7 cm.), the largest
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HINDU EPICS
INDIA, MALWA AND MEWAR, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HINDU EPICS INDIA, MALWA AND MEWAR, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY Comprising a folio from the Bhagavata Purana , divided into three scenes, the top left depicting cowherds and an elderly sage on a green ground, the top right with baby Krishna being presented by the sage to Yashoda and Putana on a maroon ground, lower section depicting the giant form of the demoness Putana, having been strangled by Krishna being cut up and burnt by the people of Vraj, verso with inscription in black and red devanagari script with folio no. "15;" with two illustrated folios from a Bhaktiratnavali series, the first with Vishnu seated at upper left on a throne, and ascetics recounting the merits of praying to Vishnu, the second with two ascetics conversing as Vishnu and a king battle demons, the same king at lower right blessing a woman, a demon at lower left devouring a monk, both folios with verses in devanagari in yellow panels above Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper 10 5/8 x 16 7/8 in. (27 x 42.7 cm.), the largest
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