AN ASSEMBLY OF VAISHNAVA PANDITS

NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850

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AN ASSEMBLY OF VAISHNAVA PANDITS
NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850
Opaque pigments heightened with gold, a plump bare-chested priest sits facing forward on a white mat, other devotees around him sit on a large red carpet with gold and white foliage, some recite prayers, a garland of green leaves above, with green borders decorated with silver foliage
13 3/8 x 15½ in. (34 x 39.4cm.)

Provenance

Sotheby’s, London, 18 October 1996, lot 36.

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Lot Essay

The tilaks (marks on the forehead) indicate that these men and their sons are followers of a certain aspect of Vishnu. One of the manuscripts starts with an invocation (śrī gopījanavallabha) which is common in texts belonging to the Vallabhacharyas or followers of the pushti marg. For a short discussion on Vallabhacharya, see the preceding lot.

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