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YASHODA AND KRISHNA, THE HOLY FAMILY AND A CROWNED DEITY
KANGRA AND KASHNIR, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first with Yashoda reclining on her bed and holding Krishna on her bosoms, three attendants tending to her, in floral margins, with gold, blue and red rules ; the second with Shiva and Parvati sitting on a lotus beneath a tree addressing their son Ganesh, Nandi and a tiger to their side, in floral margins, in white rules, with red borders ; the third with a crowned reptilian deity carrying a trident and a spear, bejewelled and with three snakes coiled around his neck, rising from an ocean of blood, a hilly landscape in the background, in purple margins with floral scroll, within black and gold rules
8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15 cm.)
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