A Prince Performs Austerities (recto); Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)

Date: 1700s
Medium: gum tempera and lampblack on palm leaf
Origin: Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art

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