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Surya the solar deity driving in his chariot. Gouache drawing. Wellcome Collection.
A demon as a mendicant monk, Kawanabe Kyôsai, 1850 - 1889. Rijks Museum (AK-RAK-2000-14). https://t.co/djOdt0vw47.
Personification of Astronomy. Rijks Museum (RP-P-1904-839). Date: 1592. https://t.co/ceXkrzqArs
Āśleṣā 柳宿 (lunar mansion) in Goma rodan yō 護摩爐壇樣 (Model for the Homa Altar).
Maṭāli˓ al-sa˓āda wa manābi˓ al-siyāda (The Ascension of Propitious Stars and Sources of Sovereign), in Turkish
illuminated by Vali Jan for ˓Āyisha Sulṭān (d.1604), the daughter of Sultan Murād III. Turkey, probably Istanbul. ca. 1582. MS M.788, fol. 84r
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One exception is the zoomorphic representation of Mercury as a dragon-like figure. Described as a "black snake with four legs, eating a crab" 形如黑蛇有四足而食蟹.
Mercury in East Asia is generally always illustrated as a woman with a brush and sheet of paper.
Portrait of Kublai Khan 元世祖. British Library Or 11515, Kosindo 高臣圖. https://t.co/rD2klSVG8k
@LaliMAndrade The image of Rahu is from a Japanese manuscript brought over from China. I haven't seen Rahu associated with Shiva before. Rudra atop a bull is seen in the depiction of Ārdrā the nakṣatra.
Bacchus met glas, Jacob Matham, 1599-1600. Rijks Museum. https://t.co/Sbk1GfVc8i