AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BAGHAVATA PURANA

POSSIBLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO FATTU, BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, PUNJAB HILLS, CIRCA 1760-65

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BAGHAVATA PURANA
POSSIBLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO FATTU, BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, PUNJAB HILLS, CIRCA 1760-65
Gouache heigthened with gold on paper, with Krishna depicted on a riverbank with other youthful figures and pointing out at women within golden pavillions appearing among the clouds, two children bathing in the river, with red margins, mounted, glazed and framed
Miniature 9¼ x 13./2in. (23.4 x 34.2cm.)

Provenance

Possibly the Collection of Mrs. F.C. Smith, previously sold at Sotheby's London, 1 February 1960

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Lot Essay

In another painting from the fifth Baghavata Purana series depicting Akrura's vision of Vishnu/Krishna, the figures of the God and Akrura are depicted immersed in the water in an identical manner to that used by the painter of our miniature, with light grey brushes covering the otherwise fully painted figures (Indian Court Painting: 16th-19th century, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1997, p.102, cat.61). The two scenes were probably painted by the same artist, possibly Fattu as suggested in the discussion to lot 395. Other paintings from this series sold Christie's, New York, 20 March 2002, lot 149, London, 23 September 2005, lot 49 and Sotheby's, New York, 19 September 2008, lots 225 to 229.

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