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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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