Two palm-leaf folios from a dispersed manuscript

EASTERN INDIA, ORISSA, 18TH CENTURY

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Two palm-leaf folios from a dispersed manuscript
Eastern India, Orissa, 18th century
The first with Garuda paying homage to Shiva and Parvati, flanked by their vahanas on the right and further adorants on the left, all against a vibrant red background, the verso with text; the second depicting maidens walking through a forest on both sides
Pen and ink on palm leaf
1½ x 10¼ in. (3.7 x 25.8 cm.), the larger folio (2)

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George P. Bickford Collection
Private collection, New York, by inheritance

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The second folio may be from a Bhagavata Purana series, where the maidens are walking through the forest in search of Krishna. For a similar folio in the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, see B.N. Goswamy and C. Smith, Domains of Wonder, 2005, pp. 42-43, cat. no. 8.