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| Keywords: Kamadhenu, The Wish-Granting Cow.jpg en Kamadhenu The Wish-Granting Cow Made in Jodhpur Rajasthan India or made in Nathadwara Rajasthan India c 1825-55 Artist/maker unknown India Opaque watercolor and metallic pigments on paper 5 x 5 inches 12 7 x 12 7 cm Currently not on view 1994-148-401 Stella Kramrisch Collection 1994 Label This vision of Kamadhenu the Wish-Granting Cow combines the white zebu cow with the crowned frontal female face colorful eagle wings and peacock tail of Buraq the animal that the prophet Muhammad rode to heaven in his night journey Miraj From at least the fifteenth century Persian paintings showed Buraq with a horse's body wings and woman's face; the peacock tail may have been an Indian addition Popular images of Kamadhenu in India today often show her as in this painting which may be one of the earliest images to merge the visual characteristics of the Hindu Kamadhenu with the Islamic Buraq circa 1825 -55 http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/88274 html mulR 11868 209 unknown India PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Kamadhenu Stella Kramrisch Collection | ||||
