Krishna and the Cowherds: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)

India (Delhi-Agra area)

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This charming painting has multiple staggered registers that portray Krishna and the cowherds tending their cattle. A group of the paintings in this set have a lower register, like this one, showing a stream filled with lotus flowers and ducks.

Krishna and the Cowherds: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Delhi-Agra area)

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Krishna and the Cowherds: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Delhi-Agra area)
Krishna and the Cowherds: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Delhi-Agra area)

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