Bhadrakali with Companions, ca. 1660–70. Beetles form parts of the Great Goddess Devi and her attendants' jewels.
Featured on PDR in the collection Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)
In his fourteenth-century treatise on gemology, the Rajasthani scientist Ṭhakkura Pherū tracks the origins of precious stones back to a trip taken by the demon Bala to the heavens:
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Bhadrakali with Companions
Date
ca. 1660-70
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