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Krishna (Hindu deity)

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  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.
  • Krishna (?) playing the flute. Pouncing.
  • Yasoda breast-feeding the baby Krishna. Gouache.
  • Krishna with two worshippers, as worshipped in Nathdwara, Rajasthan. Chromolithograph.
  • Krishna embracing Radha. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
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Catalogue

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    Bala Krishna sitting on a chair. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 582106i
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    Yasoda breast-feeding the baby Krishna. Gouache.

    | Reference: 46021i
    • Books

    The Prem Sagur; or, the history of Krishnu, according to the 10th chapter of the Bhaguvut, of Vyasudevu / Translated into Hindee from the Bruj Bhasha, of Chutoorbhooj Misr. By Lulloo Lal.

    Chaturbhuj Misra, active 1567. | Date: 1825
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    A flute player possibly Krishna. Ink drawing.

    | Reference: 27975i
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    Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Reference: 26512i
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