Kalayavana Surrounds Mathura, Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series
ca. 1800
Indian
Asian Art
- Maker/Artist
- Indian
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, paper
- Locations
- Place made: Odisha (Orissa), India
- Dimensions
- sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (24.1 x 37.5 cm) image: 5 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (12.9 x 34.0 cm)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: The king of Magadha attacks the Yadavas, who are protected by Krishna. "The 'black foreigner', Kala Yavana, surrounds Mathura," top right; "Srirama Krishna" identified as figures in pavilion. from catalogue: Recto, in image, at top right, in black ink, in Devanagari script: Kalayavana surrounds Mathura; in pavilion: Shri Rama Krishna...; in text panel, at left, in red pigment, in Devanagari script: 154
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1990.185.1
- Credit Line
- Anonymous gift
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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