Krishna Conquers the Serpent Kaliya, Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series
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Indian. Krishna Conquers the Serpent Kaliya, Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series, ca. 1775. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (24.8 x 37.1 cm) image: 5 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (14.0 x 34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Elvira and Gursharan Sidhu, 1993.199. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Krishna Conquers the Serpent Kaliya, Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series
Date
ca. 1775
Geography
Place made: Odisha (Orissa), India
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (24.8 x 37.1 cm) image: 5 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (14.0 x 34.3 cm)
Inscriptions
Recto, in image, to left of center, in black ink, in Devanagari script: Nanda/Yashoda/the Gopis; to left of center, in black ink, in Devanagari script:... Shri Krishna [sports upon?] Kaliya... These are the naga chiefs.
Credit Line
Gift of Elvira and Gursharan Sidhu
Accession Number
1993.199
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