KRISHNA AWAITS RADHA

STYLE OF SAJNU, MANDI, CIRCA 1810-20

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KRISHNA AWAITS RADHA
STYLE OF SAJNU, MANDI, CIRCA 1810-20
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Krishna, wearing bright yellow robes sits cross-legged in a leafy enclosure, a silver stream before him, beyond the trees two young maidens engage in conversation, behind them a small enclosed village, laid down within cream spandrels with black scrolling illumination and blue borders with pink flowerheads on wide speckled pink margins, minor areas of scuffing
Painting 9½ x 6¾in. (24 x 17.3cm.); folio 14 7/8 x 11¾in. (38 x 30cm.)

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Please note that lot 163, on page 160 of the printed catalogue, is incorrectly labelled as lot 168.

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Lot Essay

The strong profile of Krishna in this painting is very similar to that in a painting attributed to a follower of Sajnu in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. I.S.477-1950, W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, no. 50, p. 276). Archer cites that Sajnu was recorded as having been a painter at Kangra prior to moving to Mandi.

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