VISHNU RECLINING ON THE SERPENT SESHA (ANANTASAYANA) Kangra, Pahari Hills, late 19th century  Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the god Vishnu reclining against the giant hood of the serpent Shesha while his consort Lakshmi massages his feet, dressed in a yellow dhoti and wearing a golden bejewelled crown and several strands of pearl necklace, his attributes such as the conch shell and the mace lying next to him, a lotus stem rising from his navel supporting a pink blossom and the four-headed god Brahma, all upon floating on a sea filled with pink lotus flowers and nymphaeas, set inside floral borders, the edges tinted in pink and speckled in red, 19.7cm x 31cm.