Mica Paintings of Hindu Deities - India - 19th century

3 Frames grouping 4 paintings/Gouache On Mira of Indian Deity
First half of the 19th Century
South India
Brought back from India in 1871 By R. P Van. Hee Clément
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Subject:
Matsya, the fish man and first avatar of Vishnu, came to recover the Vedas which had been torn from Brahma by Shankhasura during the universal flood.
Rama, the seventh avatara of Vishnu, holding a bow and arrow with a crescent-shaped tip.
Balarama, elder brother of Krishna.
Varaha, the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of a wild boar.

Reference: Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British Period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 211 p. ISBN 0944142303

38. 6cm Frame Height
28. 9cm Frame Width
10. 8cm Painting width
15. 3cm Painting length

Condition: excellent state of conservation

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