AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE "TULA RAM" BHAGAVATA PURANA, BOOK TEN: SCENE AT BRINDAVAN
INDIA, GUJARAT, CIRCA 1625-50
Yashoda fans an infant Balarama in a pavilion as Nanda climbs a ladder after tending to his cow to be with his wife and child, the surface divided into two registers with the figures of Brindavan dwellers depicted amidst flowering plants on a yellow ground, within blue and orange ruled lines and green borders, with numerals in upper left corner and inscription in devanagari script in upper border
opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
10 ¼ x 9 in. (26.1 x 22.8 cm.)
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE "TULA RAM" BHAGAVATA PURANA, BOOK TEN: SCENE AT BRINDAVAN
INDIA, GUJARAT, CIRCA 1625-50
Yashoda fans an infant Balarama in a pavilion as Nanda climbs a ladder after tending to his cow to be with his wife and child, the surface divided into two registers with the figures of Brindavan dwellers depicted amidst flowering plants on a yellow ground, within blue and orange ruled lines and green borders, with numerals in upper left corner and inscription in devanagari script in upper border
opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
10 ¼ x 9 in. (26.1 x 22.8 cm.)