Lot 655
Lot 655
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: NARASIMHA, THE MAN-LION AVATAR OF VISHNU

INDIA, MYSORE, CIRCA 1840

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    AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: NARASIMHA, THE MAN-LION AVATAR OF VISHNU

    INDIA, MYSORE, CIRCA 1840

    Price Realised USD 4,375
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    Price Realised USD 4,375
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    Depicting Narasimha, aflame, as he prepares to attack the demon-king Hiranyakashipu and his attendants, to protect Hiranyakashipu's young son Prahlada who stands before him with folded hands, in a colonnaded interior, with inscriptions in kannada script below, the reverse with further inscription comprising thirteen lines in kannada
    Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
    7 ¼ x 14 7/8 in. (18.3 x 37.8 cm.)

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