A VISIT TO A GURU

AWADH, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1780

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A VISIT TO A GURU
AWADH, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1780
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a large group of devotees paying homage to a spiritual guide dressed in green with a black cloak, the Guru is seated on a brightly coloured floral carpet with small candles and ceremonial banners placed before him, the devotees richly dressed and bearing offerings, set at night with a pale moon reflecting a silver light on the vaulted arch behind the gathering
Painting 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.); folio 13¼ x 9½in. (33.5 x 24cm.)

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Lot Essay

The very similar scene, albeit mirrored, with figures almost identical to our present example, is ascribed to the artist Desi Das and attributed to Awadh circa 1770 (John Seyller, Eva and Konrad Seitz Collection of Indian Miniatures: Mughal and Deccani Paintings, Zurich, 2010, no. 28, pp.92-3).

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