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Krishna Playing the Flute and other Episodes from the Bhagavata Purana

c. 1650

India, Rajasthan, Malwa school, 17th century

Medium
Gum tempera and ink on paper
Measurements
Overall: 21 x 33.5 cm (8 1/4 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walzer 1986.174
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Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented gum tempera and ink painting is segmented into compartments by white lines. At left, a blue-skinned figure and a four-headed deity appear twice in repeating scenes. Centrally, the blue figure sits inside a white circle surrounded by six companions. To the right, pink and white cows march toward the gaping red mouth of a massive white serpent. Figures with light skin tones occupy architectural tiers above.

Krishna Playing the Flute and other Episodes from the Bhagavata Purana

c. 1650

India, Rajasthan, Malwa school, 17th century

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