Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)
A blue-skinned man sits on a tree branch with a decorated stick; he wears a red and gold dhoti and a peacock feather crown. Two women in the water below hold up their saris. On the reverse, there are ten square panels with a figure in each; they have various skin tones and wear different outfits and accessories.
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- 900 × 616 px
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