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INDIA, NURPUR, CIRCA 1650-75
Details
A painting of a noble worshipping the Mahant Narayanji
India, Nurpur, circa 1650-75
The gray-bearded ascetic seated on a tiger skin over several mattresses with a matching canopy above, wearing floral golden robes and a high conical hat with the picture of his teacher carrying a vina, an attendant with a flywhisk behind him, a nobleman with pockmarked face bowing before him with folded hands, all within red borders
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (28.9 x 21.3 cm.), folio
India, Nurpur, circa 1650-75
The gray-bearded ascetic seated on a tiger skin over several mattresses with a matching canopy above, wearing floral golden robes and a high conical hat with the picture of his teacher carrying a vina, an attendant with a flywhisk behind him, a nobleman with pockmarked face bowing before him with folded hands, all within red borders
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (28.9 x 21.3 cm.), folio
Provenance
Kasmin Gallery, London, acquired in October 1981
Literature
U. Bhatia, "Rediscovery of the Bathu Manuscript," in B. N. Goswamy, ed., Essays in honour of Karl J. Khandalavala, 1995, fig. 11.