Painting
ca. 1815 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Vishnu stands in a river beside the king of the elephants whose legs have been caught by a water-monster. He carries a conch and lotus flower and gazes through the water at the wound which his discus has inflicted on the monster's neck. A second discus hurtles through the air. Garuda dressed in a dhoti with green wings and a red parrot's beak stands to the left. A herd of four elephants pull at branches with their trunks on the right.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Vishnu saves the elephant, opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1815 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Vishnu stands in a river beside the king of the elephants whose legs have been caught by a water-monster. He carries a conch and lotus flower and gazes through the water at the wound which his discus has inflicted on the monster's neck. A second discus hurtles through the air. Garuda dressed in a dhoti with green wings and a red parrot's beak stands to the left. A herd of four elephants pull at branches with their trunks on the right. |
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| Content description | Vishnu stands in a river beside the king of the elephants whose legs have been caught by a water-monster. He carries a conch and lotus flower and gazes through the water at the wound which his discus has inflicted on the monster's neck. A second discus hurtles through the air. Garuda dressed in a dhoti with green wings and a red parrot's beak stands to the left. A herd of four elephants pull at branches with their trunks on the right. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022
p. 304, cat. no. 58. |
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| Accession number | IS.171-1950 |
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| Record created | January 9, 2003 |
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