Vintage Indian Glass & Bead Painting Surahbi Sacred Cow & Calf Art Deco Frame

  

Wonderful vintage Indian bead & reverse glass painting. Ornately decorated sacred cow and calf with Krishna, the long enduring Hindu motif, Surabhi. Presented in its original Prussian blue and grey.

Vintage Art Deco period, hardwood frame, with raised wave effect finished surface. Depicted in the this delightful vintage Indian bead & glass painting. Is a much loved, perennial Hindu motif, the sacred cow suckling her calf known as Surabhi. This bovine-goddess is described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous cow of plenty who. Provides her owner with whatever he or she desires, and is often portrayed as the mother of other cattle, as here. Hindus revere and venerate cows in their millions. Indeed, Hinduism raises the status of Mother here to the level of Goddess, and is considered sacred providing, as it does, life sustaining milk, an enduring symbol of the divine bounty of earth. A substantial part of the Krishna legend is associated with cows, cowherds and pastoral life in general in Vrindavan, images of Krishna frolicking amongst the gopis, or milkmaids, familiar to all. Krishna is seen here top left. Bead and glass painting is an age-old Indian. Tradition, in which part of the image is first crafted in. Before the framed glass is. This example is presented in its original. We also have other versions of. Bead and reverse glass paintings on offer, depicting indigenous subcontinent motifs such as a parakeet and an Indian elephant. ORIGINAL OLD TEA CHEST BACKBOARD WITH HANGING HOOKS TO TOP EDGE. EASEL FOR DISPLAY ONLY, AND NOT INCLUDED. WILL BE DISPATCHED PROTECTED BY POLYSTYRENE. UK mainland dispatch by ParcelForce 48 tracked courier service. On the home page of the listing.

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