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Friends of Krishna, folio 163 from a Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnu Puri

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a colorful painting with a red border. The background of the painting is yellow. There are two trees, one in the center and one to the right. In the top left, a blue-skinned man sits with three men; he wears a yellow dhoti. The man on the left wears a red dhoti and has a white beard. In the top right, a woman sits on a white platform with two men. In the bottom left, a blue-skinned man pets two white cows with brown spots. Three men stand in the center, wearing dhotis in shades of orange and gray. The blue-skinned man appears again in the bottom center. Black text is written in a foreign language at the top.

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