The Sage Medhas relays the Devi Mahatmya to King Suratha and his companion Samadhi, India, Punjab Hills, Garhwal, circa 1790

gouache heightened with gold on paper, with black and white rules and a narrow yellow border, dark blue margins, the reverse with 19 lines of Sanskrit verse in black and red devanagari script

painting: 17.8 by 24.5cm; leaf: 22.4 by 28.6cm.