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THE PROPERTY OF DOROTHY AND RICHARD SHERWOOD
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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES
INDIA, MALWA, CIRCA 1720
Image 7º x 13æ in. (18.3 x 35 cm.)
$5,000-7,000
The present folio is from the Bhagavata Purana which chronicles the ten
avatars of Lord Vishnu, each of whom must save the world from danger,
destroy the wicked and protect the virtuous. This painting depicts Krishna,
about whom many popular stories emerge from this important epic.
