Abstract from India

Being another item from the number of NYRB which produced reference 1.

The NYRB version

The Wikipedia version

Wikipedia rotated

One of the other versions turned up by Bing

With the main point of interest being the oddly abstract representation of a creation myth by a eighteenth century Indian painter, part of the artistic renaissance which came with the decline of the Mughal empire. Odd given the rather florid, naturalistic works I usually associate with Indian myths. And with a second point of interest being the various renderings turned up by Bing, of which the fourth might just be a photoshopped version of the first, or vice-versa. While the second egg reminds me of a honeydew melon, which may or may not be grown in India. And rotation suggests that it may be derived from a cropped version of the first egg.

I have not yet found out which is the real thing, or indeed where the real thing is to be found.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/06/sicilians-go-to-new-orleans.html.

Reference 2: Hiranyagarbha, the golden cosmic egg, painted by Manaku around 1745.

Reference 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranyagarbha.