Colours and gold on paper. Northern India, Kashmir, mid 19th cent.
A double page with charming, detailed floral designs with plenty of gold. On one side it forms the border around a depiction of the blue Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu. Krishna wears a golden crown and halo, followed by his white winged horse with a golden saddle. The second page shows a striking floral design.
SIZE14,2 x 19 CM
These miniatures are from a manuscript of the Bhagavadgita. (The texts are in Sharada script) with illustrations of the ten Avatara Vishnus (with Krishna in place of Balarama)
From a German collection