Indian Pichvai or Devotional Shrine Hanging

Tiny blue-faced figure stands under a green leafy canopy above two herds.

This pichvai or devotional shrine hanging is from Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India, and dates to the 19th century. It is pigment & cotton. Pichvais often set the mood for festivals in the liturgical calendar, and the moon, sun, lotus flowers and river banks usually relate to a specific time of day and season. Cloth with a grey sky speckled with pink blossoms, a pair of large green leaves behind a small standing figure on a platform, and two groups of white cattle below, each tended by a seated herder. A red border frames it. It is 45 inches wide and 56 high.

A very small hero with a very large guard of cows.