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Chore Bagan Art Studio
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English: Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 52. Vishnu rests on the serpent Ananta while Brahma appears within a lotus flower emanating from Vishnu's navel; thus Brahma is born and the universe is created. Lakshmi is positioned near Vishnu's feet. See 2003,1022,0.39 for a similar depiction from this series.
Date circa 1895
date QS:P571,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2003-1022-0-52

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