Lot Essay
Similar picchvais with scenes from the life of Krishna sold at Christie's, New York, 18 September 2013, lot 376 and Christie's, South Kensington, 12 June 2014, lot 220.
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NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A LARGE PICCHVAI OF KRISHNA WITH GOPIS
NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on cloth, depicting various scenes at Vrindavan including Krishna with Radha and gopis in the forest, Yashoda and Nanda seated in pavilions, female devotees worshipping at a shrine and bathing in a lotus pond below, bearing inscriptions in Devanagari script identifying the scenes and individual figures
128 x 136 ½in. (325 x 346.7cm.)
NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on cloth, depicting various scenes at Vrindavan including Krishna with Radha and gopis in the forest, Yashoda and Nanda seated in pavilions, female devotees worshipping at a shrine and bathing in a lotus pond below, bearing inscriptions in Devanagari script identifying the scenes and individual figures
128 x 136 ½in. (325 x 346.7cm.)
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