布艺画，描绘母牛节庆祝场面

印度，德干

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 243

印度布艺画（布面上的大型画幅）往往悬挂在一座寺庙的主造像之后。在十七世纪，以信奉克利须那的湿瑞那斯吉（童王）化身为主的瓦拉拔恰亚教派在纳斯达瓦拉建起了教派造像，即拉贾斯坦邦境内靠近乌代普尔的地方。大约在此时，一小批信奉湿瑞那斯吉的富裕信徒搬迁至德干高原，这幅画可能就是在那里委托制作的。其靛青底和丰富的金银都是十八世纪晚期德干布艺画的典型特征。画面上不同寻常的图案表明，这是为深秋举行的母牛节而制，以庆祝克利须那从看管牛犊晋升为牛郎。

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows, Painted and printed gold and silver leaf and opaque watercolor on indigo-dyed cotton, India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?)

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Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows, Painted and printed gold and silver leaf and opaque watercolor on indigo-dyed cotton, India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?)
Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows, Painted and printed gold and silver leaf and opaque watercolor on indigo-dyed cotton, India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?)

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