File:Painting on paper of Varāha emerging from a heap of rocks.jpg

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Painting on paper of Varāha emerging from a heap of rocks. His body is visible only from the thighs upwards – the rest is concealed among the boulders. Of white complexion, he carries in his upper right hand the chakra (discus) and in his upper left the shankha (conch); his lower right hand is in abhaya and his lower left in varada mudra. He wears a red dhoti, a shawl is draped over his elbows and shoulder ornaments hang from his crown. He is adorned with two pairs of earrings, on the lobe and through the helix, and on his chest is a golden kavacha (armour) with embossed decorations.
Date late 19th century
Medium paint on paper
medium QS:P186,Q174219;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 25.2 cm (9.9 in); width: 15.8 cm (6.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,25.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,15.8U174728
Object history
  • Production place: Painted in Tamil Nadu (?) (Asia,India,Tamil Nadu)
  • Found/Acquired in South India
Inscriptions

lower border in pencil:

Varahavathuram Vistnoo god
Notes
  • Curator's comments:
  • Dallapiccola 2010:
  • This painting is from a set of ten paintings (1880,0.2346-2355) of Hindu deities. All of the drawings in the set are framed by a thin blue line and the Indian artist has attempted to imitate a European manner of painting throughout.
  • Schools: Company School
  • Subject: avatar, hinduism, deity
  • Associated names: Representation of Varāha, Associated with Viṣṇu
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1880-0-2352

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