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वराह अवतार Varaha Avatar c. 1800
Opaque watercolour including gold-and silver-coloured metallic pigments on paper. | 41 x 27.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 1005115.f
Mughal artist
Master: Ten incarnations of the Hindoo god Vishnu. Item: Varaha, the third incarnation of Vishnu c. 1800
Mughal artist
Master: Dasavatara ??????? (The ten Incarnations of Vishnu) Item: ???? ????? Varaha Avatar c. 1800
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A depiction of Varaha, the third avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who takes the form of a boar. According to Hindu belief, Varaha rescued the earth from the floodwaters after slaying the demon Hiranyaksha.
He holds the earth, depicted as a group of temples on a hill, on his tusks. Hiranyaksha’s body floats on the cosmic ocean holding a mace topped with a tiger's head.
This painting is from a series depicting the ten avatars of Vishnu. For further information on this series see RCIN 1005115Provenance
Presented to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales during his tour of India in 1875 by Mangaldas Nathubhoy.
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Opaque watercolour including gold-and silver-coloured metallic pigments on paper.
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41 x 27.4 cm (page dimensions)
18.7 x 11.7 cm (image)
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ExhibitionEastern Encounters: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
The long relationship between the Crown and South Asia
