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Kapoor Galleries

Leaf 24 from the Devi Mahatmya: The Beauty of Ambika
Guler, circa 1790
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
8 1/4 x 12 in. (20.9 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance:
Christies, London, 10 October 1989, lot 70.

Sumbha, enthroned on a terrace under a canopy, two attendants behind him, hears news of Ambika from Chanda and Munda who come before him, as a demon stands behind him.