File:Vayu Deva.jpg

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English: "Painting of the astadikpala Vayu.

He is depicted crowned and four-armed and riding on his antelope vahana. In his upper two hands he carries a pennant (right) and club (left). His lower two hands are held in abhayamudra (right) and varadamudra (left). He is accompanied by two attendants - with a club (front) and a parasol held high above him (behind). An impression of perspective is provided by a lightly sketched-in foreground.

On laid European paper watermarked with an armorial design."
Date circa 1820
date QS:P,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_image.aspx
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