INDIA, BUNDI, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A love Vision
India, Bundi, late 17th century
Depicting a young woman with arms enfolding her legs, flanked by two attendants gesturing towards a young man with Krishna-blue skin on the horizon, seated on a prancing blue horse with a mane like electric sparks set against a blazing sky of orange and red
11 x 7½ in. (28 x 19 cm.)

Provenance

The Carter Burden Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York on 27 March 1991, lot 31.

Literature

S.C. Welch, A Flower from Every Meadow, 1973, cat. no. 18.

Exhibited

New York, Asia House Gallery, 1973, A Flower from Every Meadow, cat. no. 18.

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Lot Essay

This painting represents a pinnacle of Bundi painting towards the end of the 17th century, when many talented painters were available to Rajput patrons coming from embattled Deccani courts as well as Mughal artists released by the imperial ateliers due to the emperor's puritanical tastes. S.C. Welch names Rao Bhao Singh (1659-1682) as the probable patron. With bold design, bright color, and delicate finesse, it is highly successful in its lyrical sophistication yet iconic simplicity.

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