Two strange figures, both in respectful postures, one blue with a five-headed cobra hood and wearing a tiger skin, the other half-man, half-tiger. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
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Two strange figures, both in respectful postures, one blue with a five-headed cobra hood and wearing a tiger skin, the other half-man, half-tiger. Inscribed: ‘Rishi’. Note: Is the first one Ananta, the second Narasimha or the Man-Lion?.
Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (Mridangam). One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
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Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (‘Mridangam’). Inscribed: ‘Kurma avataran (Vishnu)’. Note: This seems more Saiva than Vishnu. ‘Kurma’ avatar is the tortoise.