TWO ILLUSTRATIONS OF HINDU GODS: SHIVA AND A SHAIVITE FEMALE DEITY
PUNJAB PLAINS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Opaque pigments on paper, the first depicting the multi-armed and ash-covered deity seated on a pink rug, holding various implements in his radiating arms, a high horizon with multi-coloured clouds above, identified by inscription below, with further inscriptions in the red margin and text on the verso; the other with a red-skinned goddess seated on a pink lotus, lavishly dressed with a cobra coiled about her head, a high horizon with multi-coloured clouds above, identified by inscription below, with further inscriptions in the red margin and text on the verso
Each folio 10¼ x 7½in. (26.3 x 19cm.); painting 8¼ x 5⅜in. (20.8 x 13.8cm.)

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