A GROUP OF NINE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A DEVI SERIES, INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1770 | Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets | 2020 | Sotheby's
A GROUP OF NINE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A DEVI SERIES, INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1770 gouache heightened with gold on paper (9) painting: 25.4 by 34.9cm. leaf: 29.8 by 39cm. Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
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Dasaratha's prayer is answered. (Father of Rama.) The fire of sacrifice released the man holding in his hands the reward (payasam, rice pudding). He announces that he is Prajapati (the main Vedic deity, the procreative god) and that offering the payasam prepared by the gods to his queens, King will get several sons. Southern Andhra Pradesh (north of Madras), bordering Karnataka, around 1720-1730
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