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Jagat Mata Go-Laxmi (World Mother Cow of Good Fortune)
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Lithograph watercolor (hand-coloring) selectively applied glaze, India Calcutta West Bengal
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts 2020
Title: Jagat Mata Go-Laxmi (World Mother Cow of Good Fortune)
Description:
Lithograph watercolor (hand-coloring) selectively applied glaze, India Calcutta West Bengal.
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