Posted on: 11 January 2014

Male deity with Vaiṣṇava attributes riding a horse.
Gouache on paper.

Rajasthan School
1790-1810 (circa)
India

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Surya, the Sun-god, with Vaishnava attributes ! Usually depicted with a chariot of seven horses.

Here it is a horse with seven heads.

Uchchaihshravas, the king of the horses.

Suryanarayana...

seven faces of horse..may be surya,holding a lotus,surya use to hold lotus in hand