Riding a Blue Ram, he is looking out for the Sun or the Moon which he will devour to replace his head which was cut off by the #Hindu God #Vishnu for eating His food and thus causing #SolarEclipse2024 & Lunar eclipse some other time.
c1800 CE #CompanyPainting from #Kolkata#Bengal likely to have been made by an #Artist commissioned by William Roxburgh, who became the 1st Superintendent of the #Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1793
Over the next 20 years, he assembled over 2500 #Paintings & copies were made for his #EastIndiaCompany friends like Lord Wellesley
From the collection of Toby Falk sold by Christies on 27th Oct 2023 for £60,500