KHISHINA AS SHRINATHJI

 OPAQUE WATERCOLOR ON PAPER

RAJASTHANI SCHOOL

CIRCA 18th CENTURY

5"x6.5"

EXHIBITED: Ithaca College Museum of Arts Ithaca, New York, 1971 Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport Pennsylvania, 1981

DESCRIPTION: The stance, with upraised arms symbolizes Shrinathji lifting mount Govardhana to protect the residents of Vrindayan form Indra's destructive rains. The figure is shown holding lotus flowers and richly adorn with beaded necklace and peacock feather cap in a dark architectual background with motifs of various Hindu icons.

Placed in Private Collection