Vishnu in the guise of the man-lion (Narasimha) comes out of a pillar of the palace up and outside to defeat the demon Hiranyakashipu. To his right stands a young man, the prince Prahlada. The scene is framed by a narrow white piping, surrounded by a wide orange-red ornamental border with black framing lines, this sheet is pasted on a sheet of cardoon paper on which a black framing line is drawn in pencil, Narasimha (incarnation of Vishnu as a man-lion) Avatars of Vishnu (series title)., draughtsman: anonymous, Jaipur, 1825 - 1875, paper, brush, h 350 mm × w 246 mm, h 245 mm × w 181 mm, h 198

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