Lot Essay
This painting is by the same artist as lot 52 and immediately precedes it in the sequence of event in the Bhagavata Purana.
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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE ANTHONY HOBSON
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: JAMBAVAN KILLS A LION AND OBTAINS THE SYAMANTAKA JEWEL
BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: JAMBAVAN KILLS A LION AND OBTAINS THE SYAMANTAKA JEWEL
BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the Bear King Jambavan has killed the lion and seizes the Syamantaka jewel, the scene set near a mountain in a forested landscape, with red borders and black rules, framed and glazed
Painting 11 1/8 x 15in. (28.3 x 38.2cm.); 12 ¼ x 16 ¼in. (31.1 x 41.3cm.) overall
BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the Bear King Jambavan has killed the lion and seizes the Syamantaka jewel, the scene set near a mountain in a forested landscape, with red borders and black rules, framed and glazed
Painting 11 1/8 x 15in. (28.3 x 38.2cm.); 12 ¼ x 16 ¼in. (31.1 x 41.3cm.) overall
Provenance
Mrs F.K. Smith, Sotheby's, London, 3 February 1960, lot 53
Brought to you by
Romain Pingannaud