Prthu chases the goddess earth, from an illustrated manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana

Attributed to: Manaku (Indian, about 1700–1760)

Indian, Pahari

about 1740

Object Place: Guler, Punjab Hills, India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

Dimensions Overall: 22 x 32.6 cm (8 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Image: 17.8 x 28.5 cm (7 x 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line John Gardner Coolidge Collection

Accession Number63.145

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CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsReverse: at top, in Devanagari, four lines (to be read).