A BRAHMIN PRIEST OFFICIATING A PUJA FOR A MURTI (ICON) OF VISHNU
PROPERTY FROM THE LATE PETER COCHRANE (1913 - 2004) COLLECTION
Kalighat style, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, ca. 1920 - 1940

Opaque pigments and ink on lined paper, the vertical composition depicting a four-armed murti of Vishnu standing on a lotus pedestal in the foreground, holding one of his attributes in each hand including a conch shell, a lotus flowers, a club, and a chakram, behind him a white-clad Brahmin priest seated on a high chair, set within black rules, and blue borders, pasted on bright red paper, in a white cardboard mount, 29.8cm x 19cm excluding the mount.