Vishnu as Varaha Trampling Demon Hiranyaksha, Antique Indian Manuscript Painting antique watercolors What a world of wonders

What a world of wonders

excellent vintage condition

It reminds me of passed notes in grade school (i

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Vishnu as Varaha Trampling Demon Hiranyaksha, Antique Indian Manuscript Painting antique watercolors What a world of wondersI think really nothing beats the color of opaque watercolors used for manuscript paintings like this, just out of this world, and with gold and silver leaf incorporated here too. The subject here is the Hindu deity Vishnu, protector and preserver of the universe, here incarnate as Varaha, with a boar's head and four armed human body (conch shell in one hand, Sudarshana chakra in another, trampling the demon Hiranyaksha as he rescues the Earth. Seems