Untitled

Unknown

ca. 1835 · Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper · Asian Art

This colored drawing depicts a rare form of Krishna, Navagunjara, consisting of nine (nava) animal parts. In the Mahabharata, the Navagunjara form of Krishna (an avatar of Vishnu) appears to Arjuna after he has thrown down his weapons before the god. The painting is on European laid paper with an 1830 watermark of Waterman and Sons.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1835

Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Culture

India (Rajasthan, Jodhpur[?])

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Evelyn Kranes Kossak Gift, 2006