AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1850

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES
JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1850
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, Krishna kneels before a lady who turns her head away, she leans against a bolster, attendants behind her, the scene set on a terrace between pavilions, a lake in the background, within yellow and green rules, cartouches inscribed in black devanagari script above and below, numbered in the lower right corner, with gold floral borders, mounted
10 ¾ x 15 7/8in. (27.2 x 40.3cm.)

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Lot Essay

This painting as well as the two following lots are illustrations to the Hindi text the Rasikapriya ('A Connoisseur's Delight'). The author, Keshav Das, wrote it in Orchha in Madhya Pradesh in 1591. It is concerned mainly with love and types of lovers, and these are usually represented by the Hindu god Krishna and his mortal lover, Radha.

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