Archival Note Card | 1500 Series - #10

Blue-skinned king reclines on a coiled bed while a lotus sprouts a four-faced figure.

This is an archival note card from the 1500 series. It is archival paper. Indian miniature painting is generally made on a small scale with fine brushes and mineral or vegetable pigments, and it often illustrates epic poems, devotional texts and courtly life. Wide card showing a crowned blue figure holding a conch, lying on cushions beneath a hood of snake heads. A woman in red massages his foot, and a pink lotus rises from his navel carrying a tiny multi-headed figure. It is 7 inches long and 5 high.

Even the furniture here has a pedigree of snakes.