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GARHWAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1790-1800
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SAT SAI OF BIHARI: QUEST FOR THE LOVER IN MOONLIGHT
GARHWAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1790-1800
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Radha and a female companion stand on a palace wall, their brightly coloured robes stand out against the grey walls, Radha raises her hand to her face, a crescent moon appears behind a mountain at top, with floral spandrels on red ground, within white rules with blue and red borders, the reverse with three lines of devanagari script, mounted, framed and glazed
9¾ x 7in. (24.8 x 18cm.)
GARHWAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1790-1800
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Radha and a female companion stand on a palace wall, their brightly coloured robes stand out against the grey walls, Radha raises her hand to her face, a crescent moon appears behind a mountain at top, with floral spandrels on red ground, within white rules with blue and red borders, the reverse with three lines of devanagari script, mounted, framed and glazed
9¾ x 7in. (24.8 x 18cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from Colnaghi, London, 1 September 1980
Brought to you by
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse