Lot Essay
The stains on the women's clothing may be sandalwood paste, indicating they had to go through some sort of initiation or cleansing ritual in order to make their journey up the mountain.
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INDIA, GULER, CIRCA 1820
Details
A painting of a sage on a mountain
India, Guler, circa 1820
An elderly blue-skinned sage seated on a mountaintop with various figures climbing to offer him food, all the women with yellow stains on their clothes, a man carrying a child and the cowherder who is leading them wiping his eyes at the lower left, with a collection sticker on verso
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (25 x 25 cm.)
India, Guler, circa 1820
An elderly blue-skinned sage seated on a mountaintop with various figures climbing to offer him food, all the women with yellow stains on their clothes, a man carrying a child and the cowherder who is leading them wiping his eyes at the lower left, with a collection sticker on verso
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (25 x 25 cm.)
Provenance
Hir Lal Chhotte Lal Bharany, Amritsar
George P. Bickford Collection, acquired by 8 November 1967
Private collection, New York, by inheritance
George P. Bickford Collection, acquired by 8 November 1967
Private collection, New York, by inheritance
Exhibited
On loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art 8 November 1967 - 27 May 1977
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