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Krishna's Earthly Ties, Page from a Dispersed Bivamangalastava

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red page with yellow and red border, depicting people and an elephant. The elephant is gray with a gold chain around its body and tusks, walking on green grass and plants growing out of a black hill. The elephant faces right. There are five people. The woman in the center wears a green and yellow sari. The person to her right is on one knee and holds a rope attached to the elephant, wearing blue. The woman at the top left sits on a bed with a pink pillow, wearing a yellow outfit. The man to the left of the woman in green wears a white turban and dhoti. The man at the bottom left is nude and sits on a white snake. The top of the page has a yellow border with black text. The background of the page is red with white dots.

Artwork details

Date:
1695–1700
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Culture:
India (Rajasthan, Mewar)
Dimensions:
504 × 624 px
Museum record:
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