AN ILLUSTRATION TO A SAT SAI SERIES OF BIHARI

AMBER OR MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1720

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A SAT SAI SERIES OF BIHARI
AMBER OR MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1720
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, Krishna accompanied by the gopis appeals to Radha, a pavilion under which seat ladies in the foreground, two lines of text in a yellow cartouche at top, between yellow and glazed red borders, the reverse with old inventory numbers and dates
Folio 9 7/8 x 8½in. (25.2 x 21.6cm.)

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The Sat Sai or 'seven hundred' verses is an early vernacular text written in the early Braj Bhasha proto-dialect of Hindi. It follows in the tradition of religious texts focusing on the romance of Krishna and Radha. The work itself contains couplets on neeit (moral lessons), shringara (love) and most importantly bhakti (devotion). Bihari Lal was a poet at the court of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who was later invited by Raja Jai Singh of Amber to move to his court. It is at Amber that Bihari Lal is supposed to have composed the Sat Sai.

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