An Illustration from Chandra Raja No Raas

India, Rajasthan, circa 1800

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An Illustration from Chandra Raja No Raas
India, Rajasthan, circa 1800
Opaque watercolor on paper
6 ¾ x 10 5/8 in. (17 x 27 cm.)

来源

Acquired by the 1970s, by repute.
Accessioned by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 2010 (TL2010.38.32).

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Please note the Provenance should read "New York market, 1970s, by repute", and not 1990's, as stated in the catalogue. The remaining provenance is correct.

拍品专文

This painting depicts a scene from a famous Jain epic, Chandra Raja No Raas or The Bird in a Cage, written in the eighteenth century possibly by Mohanavijayajī Mahārāja. In this narrative, which centers on King Chandra and his two wives, the king is turned into a rooster as punishment for having imprisoned a beautiful bird in a cage, imparting a moral lesson about karma and its bitter repercussions.

India, Rajasthan, circa 1800

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