SHIVA AS KALA BHAIRAVA WITH VARAHI

KANGRA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1790-1800

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SHIVA AS KALA BHAIRAVA WITH VARAHI
KANGRA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1790-1800
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Bhairava and his consort sitting on a peacock drawn chariot bedecked with rugs and tiger skin accompanied by a dog, set in a hilly landscape
9 3/8 x 7in. (23.8 x 17.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

A very closely related depiction of Bhairava with his consort riding on an Elephant also accompanied by a dog is in the collection of the British Museum and attributed to Kangra, circa 1790-1800, (Roda Ahluwalia, Rajput Painting: Romantic, Divine and Courtly Art from India, London, 2008, no.106, p.159.

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