A PAINTING FROM A RASIKAPRIYA: SVADHINAPATIKA NAYIKA

NORTH INDIA, GULER, CIRCA 1810

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A PAINTING FROM A RASIKAPRIYA: SVADHINAPATIKA NAYIKA
NORTH INDIA, GULER, CIRCA 1810
Krishna with a gold crown dressed in yellow kneels down to paint Radha's feet, Radha dressed elegantly in white with orange pyjama seated on a round stool, with attendant in orange behind, set against an architectural background with trees to the right, inside dark-blue borders with gilt scrolling vine pattern
Opaque watercolor on wasli heightened with gold
7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (19.9 x 14.2 cm.)

Provenance

Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1990s

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Lot Essay

Described by Bharata (dated 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD) in his treatise on the performing arts, Svadhinapatika Nayika is one of the ashta nayika or "eight heroines," which represent the eight different types of relationships the romantic heronine (nayika) can have to her hero. In the present scene, the heroine is so admired by her husband as to have him in subjection, demonstrated by Krishna attending to Radha's toilette.

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