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Title: Picchvai
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description: Painting on cloth in an array of colors that depicts a religious scene. There are assorted animals such as monkeys and cows with red hand prints on them.; There is a river at the fore of the painting with flowers and lily pads in it. The painting has a colorful floral border.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1700-1850
Accession Number: 2008/2.288
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
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Title: Markendeya purana series: Bhavana on tiger confronts a demon / Rama and Hanuman
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The image is split into two unequal parts; a lower and upper. In the lower half of the image the figures are all holding weapons. The background of the image is red with the majority of the figures being yellow in color. A single blue figure is located in the lower left. This figure is seated on a wheeled, vehicle.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.304
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
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Title: Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on the serpent Ananta (“the endless one”), resting on the surface of the cosmic ocean. As his female consort gently strokes his leg, Vishnu awakens from a long sleep. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, who will begin a new cycle of the universe.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.305
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
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Title: Fragment from a Markendeya Purana scroll: Vishnu on the pipal leaf
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
Physical Description: The blue four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on a gigantic pipal leaf with his left leg crossed over his right leg; as his female consort gently strokes his leg, he awakens from a long sleep. Another woman fans him. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, and rishis or sages appear in the upper branches of the pipal tree. Vishnu has four arms carrying a discus and a conch in his back hands and the lower left arm is extended pointing towards the women at his feet while the lower right am is cross towards his stomach.; The iconography is further compounded by the image in the lower register of a tortoise at the bottom of the ocean of milk, bearing a mountain on his back. The tortoise is in fact Kurma, another manifestation of Vishnu, supporting the cosmic axis. Elephants have gathered to pay homage to him, while in a small inset at right, a worshipper pays homage to Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. A large red figure faces the scene to the right accompanied by small blue figures to his sides as if behind him. Two sages, one horse-headed, are to the upper right.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.306
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
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