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MANDI, CIRCA 1780-1800
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GOPA BOYS OFFERING LOTUSES TO KRISHNA, MANDI, CIRCA 1780-1800
Mandi, circa 1780-1800
Gouache on paper, Krishna surrounded by young cow herds, cows in the
foreground, in the background a walled pavilion and trees, black rule, red leaf, very slight flaking to border margin, the reverse with two
black nagari and takri inscriptions, mounted, together with
KRISHNA AND RAMA ASSAULT RAJA KANSA, Mandi, circa 1760, gouache on paper, black and white ruled margin, red leaf
Folio 11 x 7¾in. (28.3 x 17.6cm.); miniature 9½ x 6in. (23.7 x 15.2cm.); and folio 5½ x 8½in. (14 x 21.5cm.); miniature 4½ x 7¼in. (11.5 x 18.5cm.)
Mandi, circa 1780-1800
Gouache on paper, Krishna surrounded by young cow herds, cows in the
foreground, in the background a walled pavilion and trees, black rule, red leaf, very slight flaking to border margin, the reverse with two
black nagari and takri inscriptions, mounted, together with
KRISHNA AND RAMA ASSAULT RAJA KANSA, Mandi, circa 1760, gouache on paper, black and white ruled margin, red leaf
Folio 11 x 7¾in. (28.3 x 17.6cm.); miniature 9½ x 6in. (23.7 x 15.2cm.); and folio 5½ x 8½in. (14 x 21.5cm.); miniature 4½ x 7¼in. (11.5 x 18.5cm.)
Provenance
Hiralal Bharany, Amritsar, June 1943 (first painting)
S.N. Kalia, April 1962 (second painting)
S.N. Kalia, April 1962 (second painting)
Literature
W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Mandi, no. 35, p. 271 (first painting)
Special notice
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