The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series
The image depicts a scene from the Bhagavata Purana. A pink demon with a black mustache and goatee sits on a throne-like chair under a canopy. He has black hair on the sides of his head that sticks out to the sides. He wears a necklace and a striped cloth around his waist. He sits on a yellow and white patterned rug. To the right, a green demon with an elephant-like head and tail runs or jumps. It has a long snout, large teeth, and four legs. The green demon wears a red cloth around its waist and a necklace. The background on the left is white with a red and yellow frame around the pink demon. The background on the right is blue with a yellow hill. The entire scene is bordered in red.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1740
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh
- Dimensions
- 599 × 404 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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