Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript (Life of Krishna)

Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)

ca. 1775

Not on view

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Title: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript (Life of Krishna)
Date: ca. 1775
Culture: Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
Medium: Distemper on paper
Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 22 in. (37.5 x 55.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 1985
Object Number: 1985.398.10
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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