AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE 'LARGE' GULER-BASOHLI BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA, BALARAMA AND NANDA RECEIVE AKRURA, ATTRIBUTED TO FATTU, FIRST GENERATION AFTER MANAKU AND NAINSUKH, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE 'LARGE' GULER-BASOHLI BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA, BALARAMA AND NANDA RECEIVE AKRURA
ATTRIBUTED TO FATTU, FIRST GENERATION AFTER MANAKU AND NAINSUKH, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Kansa's messenger Akrura bows in front of Krishna, Balarama and their father Nanda who are seated in a pavilion, within narrow black borders, double white rules and wide red margins, the reverse with 3ll. of takri in black and 5ll. of devanagari script in black and red ink describing the scene
Painting 9 ½ x 13 ½in. (24 x 34.5cm); folio 12 x 15 ¾ in. (30.2 x 40.2cm)

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