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handwoven and dating I believe to the 1940s or so
4 1/4" x 3 1/6"
Of course I could not resist this wonderful face--I am certain there is a deep soul in there
but have not been able to determine the artist--both are signed
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Vishnu as Varaha Trampling Demon Hiranyaksha, Antique Indian Manuscript Painting threshing counter handwoven and dating I believeI think really nothing beats the color of opaque watercolors used for manuscript paintings like this, just out of this world, and with gold and silver leaf incorporated here too. The subject here is the Hindu deity Vishnu, protector and preserver of the universe, here incarnate as Varaha, with a boar's head and four armed human body (conch shell in one hand, Sudarshana chakra in another, trampling the demon Hiranyaksha as he rescues the Earth. Seems
