A double-sided illustrated folio: Vishnu as Venkateshwara playing a game of dice with an ascetic named Hathiram Baba, the reverse with Narasimha and Lakshmi, South India, Andhra Pradesh, probably Tirupati, early 18th century

Acquired from Terence McInerney, New York, September 1996

Two comparable paintings on cloth depicting avatars of Vishnu and a devotee, probably from the same series as the present lot, sold at Christie’s, London, 12 June 2014, lots 157-8. Two late eighteenth century works from Andhra Pradesh, painted in a similar format on paper depicting Hindu deities, sold recently in these Rooms, 27 October 2021, lot 158.