NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PICHHVAI OF SRI NATHJI
NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque and gold pigments on cotton, within a floral yellow border, scattered flaking throughout
Painted surface 59 3⁄8 x 33 ½in. (150.7 x 85cm.); overall 78 3⁄8 x 48 ½in. (199 x 123cm.)

Provenance

Private London collection by the 1960s and thence by descent

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Lot Essay

A pichhvai in the collection of the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad, also depicts a single standing figure of Krishna (Kay Talwar and Kalyan Krishna, Indian Pigment Paintings on Cloth, Ahmedabad, 1979, p.72, no.97). Among the symbolic details which can be seen in this pichhvai is the rose which he holds in his raised hand, which symbolises the miraculous lifting of Mount Govardhan, while in his other hand he holds lotuses and a herding stick. On the floor are a box for laddu sweets and a water jug.

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