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GARWHAL, CIRCA 1785
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JAIMUNI QUESTIONS MARKANDEYA
Garwhal, circa 1785
Illustration to the Markandeya Purana, gouache on paper, sages in a landscape, red background, trees with thick clusters of white and yellow flowers, inscribed on reverse in black takri and Sanskrit, yellow margins between black rules, blue leaf with white rules
Folio 8½ x 10¾in. (21.5 x 27.2cm.); miniature 7 x 9¾ in. (17.8 x 24.7cm.)
Garwhal, circa 1785
Illustration to the Markandeya Purana, gouache on paper, sages in a landscape, red background, trees with thick clusters of white and yellow flowers, inscribed on reverse in black takri and Sanskrit, yellow margins between black rules, blue leaf with white rules
Folio 8½ x 10¾in. (21.5 x 27.2cm.); miniature 7 x 9¾ in. (17.8 x 24.7cm.)
Provenance
A. Sen, New Delhi, March 1954
Literature
W.G. Archer, Indian Miniatures, New York and London, 1960, Pl. 96 W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Garhwal no. 13, p. 83
W.G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, London and New York, 1976, no. 17, pp. 28-9
W.G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, London and New York, 1976, no. 17, pp. 28-9
Exhibited
Asia Society, New York City, Rajput Painting, 1960-61, no. 81
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