A devotee presenting an offering to Krishna
By Amar Samad, India, Bikaner, dated VS 1851/1794 AD
Blue-skinned Krishna with an ankle-length saffron dhoti standing on a lotus rising from a pond, his left hand in a dancer's gesture, holding a flute, twisting over his shoulder towards a lady in pink lengha and choli at left, an egret to his right, in a green landscape with flowers below and clouds and sky above, full red margin with inner and outer white rules, the reverse with devanagri inscription and ownership stamp
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
8 1/8 x 4 in. (20.5 x 10.1 cm.), painting
11 1/8 x 6½ in. (28.2 x 16.4 cm.), folio
A devotee presenting an offering to Krishna
By Amar Samad, India, Bikaner, dated VS 1851/1794 AD
Blue-skinned Krishna with an ankle-length saffron dhoti standing on a lotus rising from a pond, his left hand in a dancer's gesture, holding a flute, twisting over his shoulder towards a lady in pink lengha and choli at left, an egret to his right, in a green landscape with flowers below and clouds and sky above, full red margin with inner and outer white rules, the reverse with devanagri inscription and ownership stamp
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
8 1/8 x 4 in. (20.5 x 10.1 cm.), painting
11 1/8 x 6½ in. (28.2 x 16.4 cm.), folio
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