Live Auction 1878Indian And Southeast Asian Art Including Property From The Collections Of Ariane Dandois And Robert H. Ellsworth
A love Vision
Lot 14Property from a private San Francisco Collection

A love Vision

INDIA, BUNDI, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Closed21 September 2007

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USD 97,000

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A love Vision
India, Bundi, late 17th century
Depicting a young woman with arms enfolding her legs, flanked by two attendants gesturing towards a young man with Krishna-blue skin on the horizon, seated on a prancing blue horse with a mane like electric sparks set against a blazing sky of orange and red
11 x 7½ in. (28 x 19 cm.)

The Carter Burden Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York on 27 March 1991, lot 31.

Specialist note

This painting represents a pinnacle of Bundi painting towards the end of the 17th century, when many talented painters were available to Rajput patrons coming from embattled Deccani courts as well as Mughal artists released by the imperial ateliers due to the emperor's puritanical tastes. S.C. Welch names Rao Bhao Singh (1659-1682) as the probable patron. With bold design, bright color, and delicate finesse, it is highly successful in its lyrical sophistication yet iconic simplicity.