LOT 142 An illustration to a dashavatara series: Varaha Avatar, the boar incarnation of Vishnu battling the demon Hiranyaksha in the cosmic ocean Mandi, circa 1810-1820
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243 x 304 mm.
An illustration to a dashavatara series: Varaha Avatar, the boar incarnation of Vishnu battling the demon Hiranyaksha in the cosmic ocean Mandi, circa 1810-1820
gouache and gold on paper, blue and gold floral inner border, flecked pink outer border, numbered 63 verso, cover paper with eight lines of takri text and stamp of the Royal Library of Mandi 243 x 304 mm.
|ProvenanceFormerly in the Royal Collection, Mandi.Vishnu appears here in his third incarnation as Varaha the boar. He assumed this avatar to save the earth goddess from the cosmic ocean where it had been captured and was being held by the demon Hiranyaksha. He fought the demon for a thousand years before striking him with his mace and killing him. He then rescued the earth by lifting it from the ocean with his tusks and returning it to its rightful place. In this depiction of the myth, the earth is seen resting on Varaha's tusks as he emerges from the water holding his attributes, including the mace with which he has struck the demon who is depicted floating vanquished in the ocean, blood billowing from his head.For an illustration of the same myth with a comparable composition see Sotheby's, Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art, New York, 19th September 2008, lot 231.Lot numbers 141-144 are all from the same dashavatara series depicting the ten avatars of Vishnu.
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