GULER, CIRCA 1800-20

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JAIMUNI KNEELING BEFORE MARKANDEYA
Guler, circa 1800-20
An illustration to the Markandeya Purana, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the sage Markandeya instructing Jaimuni, flanked by further sages, lotus pool in foreground, peacock and cranes on either side and trees in background, black margin with gold floral design, white rules, folio numbered '2' above, paper flyleaf with two lines of black Sanskrit verses, minimal flaking, mounted
Folio 10½ x 12½in. (26.6 x 31.6cm.); miniature 7½ x 9¾in. (19 x 24.7cm.)

Provenance

Sotheby's, 1 February, 1960, lot 107
F.H North, November 1962

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Lot Essay

Two other paintings from the same series are published by W.G. Archer (Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Guler no.61). In his discussion Archer notes six further leaves including one in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and one in the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection.

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