This painting from a Bhagavatapurana is accompanied by five lines of text in the distinctive Oriya script, common to Orissa. This particular scene revolves around a discussion concerning the cooking of sacrificial rice.
Details
- Title: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series: Priests Perform a Sacrifice
- Date: 19th century
- Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: image: 8-3/8 x 11-5/8 in. (21.3 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 9-1/4 x 12-3/4 in. (23.5 x 32.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor
- Accession Number: P.2003.02.03
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Museum
Object Information
Painted Poems: Rajput Paintings from the Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor Collection
- Norton Simon Museum, 2004-04-02 to 2004-09-06
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Painted Poems: Rajput Paintings from the Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor Collection, 2004, no. 37 pp. 10, 86-87, 178
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