Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Vishnu sits with Lakshmi on a lotus throne with pink petals and an unpainted, waisted base flanked by two female figures. Vishnu is four-armed, and holds in his right hands the chakra and the mace, and in his left the lotus and the conch. A striped scarf is draped over his arms. Lakshmi is sombrely clad, in orange bodice and skirt with a reddish-brown odhni over her head. Mandi, India late 18th century
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