ILLUSTRATION D'UNE SÉRIE DE DEVI MAHATMYA: LES DIEUX IMPLORENT L'AIDE D'AMBIKA GULER, FIN DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE AN ILLUSTRATION TO A DEVI MAHATMYA SERIES: THE GODS IMPLORE AMBIKA FOR HELP GULER, LATE 18TH CENTURY gouache and gold on paper; numbered '20' in the upper blue border 21.3 x 28.6 (8 3/8 x 11 1/4 in) Footnotes: The gods prostrate themselves in supplication to the great goddess Ambika, seated with six arms holding her various attributes, with her lion vehicle licking his foreleg below. For other pages in this series, see Joachim Bautze, Lotosmond und Lowenritt: Indische Miniaturmalerei, Stuttgart 1991, nos. 15-18; and F. S. Aijazuddin, Pahari Paintings and Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum, London 1977, pl. 41 (I-XXXIV), pp. 41-52. See also Sotheby's, New York, December 14, 1979, lots 229 & 230; and Sotheby's, London, April 24, 1979, lots 141 & 142. Finally, compare a closely related composition from the same series sold at Sotheby's, New York, March 21, 2012, lot 213. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the item remains in EU. TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où l'objet reste dans l'Union Européenne. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing