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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED WEST
COAST COLLECTION
491
A PAINTING OF VISHNU ON HIS
VEHICLE GARUDA
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BUNDI, 1780-90
Folio 7¿ X 9¿ in. (18.1 x 23.2 cm.)
Image 5√ x 7æ in. (14.9 x 19.7 cm.)
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s New York, March 22, 1989, lot 118.
Sotheby’s New York, March 21, 2012, lot 204.

The four-armed god Vishnu rides comfortably
on his vehicle, the anthropomorphized bird
Garuda. Garuda’s wise eye, downturned beak and
feathered skin are all executed in exquisite detail.
Two woman await the duo's landing with bowls
burning with incense. Compare the painting to
a similar Rajasthani work in the Edwin Binney III
Collection at the San Diego Museum of Art (acc.
no. 1990.683), depicting Vishnu and Lakshmi
riding atop Garuda in the night sky.

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