Details
Image 714 x 478 in. (18.4 x 12.4 cm.); folio 818 x 534 in. (20.6 x 14.6 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased from Maggs London, 1985.
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Vishnu appears here as one of his many avatars, the Buddha, flanked by Indian devotees paying homage with ritual performances—a testament to the syncretic practices of the Himalayan regions. This painting, probably a folio from a Vishnu Avatara, series is executed in a lesser-known variety of Pahari styles known as Garhwal after its location in the foothills of the Himalayas. Paintings of the Buddha Avatar are scarce; for another example see B.N. Goswamy and E. Fischer, "Pahari Masters," Artibus Asiae Supplementum XXXVIII, Zurich, 1992, cat. pp. 184-185, cat. 784.

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