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( Indian, 18th C)
An illustration from the Makendeya Purana: Vishnu destroys the demons Madhu and Kaitabha
Materials:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size Notes:
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Description:
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verso with a two-line devanagari verse from the purana describing the scene: "tathetyuktvā bhagavatā śaṅkha-cakra-gadābhṛtā / kṛtvā cakreṇa vai cchinne jaghane śirasī tayoḥ"; "'Be it so'
Provenance:
Paul F. Walter Collection
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