AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SURSAGAR OF SURDAS
MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1750
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the various scenes set in a luxuriant landscape, Shiva seated in a rocky cave at top, Krishna within a forest hut below, worshipped by ladies, a procession with a ruler on horseback in the centre, the blind sage and author Surdas depicted against a red ground pavilion in the upper right hand corner, five lines of devanagari text within a yellow cartouche at top, in yellow, black and white rules with red borders, loss in upper left border
12¾ x 13¾in. (32.3 x 34.8cm.)
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SURSAGAR OF SURDAS
MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1750
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the various scenes set in a luxuriant landscape, Shiva seated in a rocky cave at top, Krishna within a forest hut below, worshipped by ladies, a procession with a ruler on horseback in the centre, the blind sage and author Surdas depicted against a red ground pavilion in the upper right hand corner, five lines of devanagari text within a yellow cartouche at top, in yellow, black and white rules with red borders, loss in upper left border
12¾ x 13¾in. (32.3 x 34.8cm.)
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