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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Basohli (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna sits with Kalindi in a four-horsed chariot driven by Arjuna. Kalindi wears a dark blue skirt with narrow gold bands. Krishna and Arjuna carry bows. Flaming red background.

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Categories	Paintings Religion Hinduism Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, arrival of the chariot, Bhagavati Purana, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler style at Basohli, ca. 1760-1765
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna sits with Kalindi in a four-horsed chariot driven by Arjuna. Kalindi wears a dark blue skirt with narrow gold bands. Krishna and Arjuna carry bows. Flaming red background.
Dimensions	Height: 283mm (maximum) Width: 316mm (maximum) Paper onto which object mounted height: 297mm (maximum) Paper onto which object mounted width: 343mm 26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	Krishna sits with Kalindi in a four-horsed chariot driven by Arjuna. Kalindi wears a dark blue skirt with narrow gold bands. Krishna and Arjuna carry bows. Flaming red background.
Style	Guler
Credit line	Purchased with Art Fund support
Production	Guler style at Basohli
Subjects depicted	Horses Chariot Deities Krishna Arjuna
Literary reference	Bhagavata Purana
Bibliographic reference	Archer, W.G. 'Indian Paintings From The Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting' Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1973. 50p
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.119-1955

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Record created	July 21, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41890/painting-unknown/

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