An Illustration from the Vishnu Purana: Narada gives a discourse to sages

The bard Narada journeys from the abode of Brahma and appears before the sages who have invoked him. 

Very good overall condition. A few minute stains to the red ground at lower right. Tiny abrasions to white pigment of the manuscript before the kneeling figure at left. Loss to paper at lower left and right edges of folio border.
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