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Kali Riding Through Jaipur on Horseback
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The painting depicts the Hindu goddess Kali, holding up a khanda, a type of India sword, while galloping through the city of Jaipur. She has a gold halo around her head, denoting her divine status. Rajput Style, Marwar School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of James E. Robinson III in honor of Stuart Cary Welch and Alve John Erickson
Title: Kali Riding Through Jaipur on Horseback
Description:
The painting depicts the Hindu goddess Kali, holding up a khanda, a type of India sword, while galloping through the city of Jaipur.
She has a gold halo around her head, denoting her divine status.
Rajput Style, Marwar School.
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