Lot Essay
The inscription in the cartouche above the miniature contains a couplet (doha) in Hindi
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JAIPUR, NORTH-WEST INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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KRISHNA OBSERVES RADHA AND THE GOPIS BATHING
JAIPUR, NORTH-WEST INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Krishna gazes at Radha, both with gold-outlined green nimbuses, set in a palace scene with gopis bathing in a river, in floral and geometric borders with gold ground devanagri cartouche, mounted, glazed and framed
Miniature 8¼ x 12½in. (21 x 31.8cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 15 3/8in. (28.8 x 39cm.)
JAIPUR, NORTH-WEST INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Krishna gazes at Radha, both with gold-outlined green nimbuses, set in a palace scene with gopis bathing in a river, in floral and geometric borders with gold ground devanagri cartouche, mounted, glazed and framed
Miniature 8¼ x 12½in. (21 x 31.8cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 15 3/8in. (28.8 x 39cm.)
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Please note that this lot consists of one miniature only, depicted, not two as stated in the catalogue details.
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