拍品 148
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SATSAI OF BIHARI

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SATSAI OF BIHARI
JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Krishna and Radha reclining on bolsters beneath a canopy in a palace courtyard, in narrow polychrome margins, with floral borders
11 ¼ x 15 5/8in. (28.6 x 39.8cm.)
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Please note that this folio is an illustration to the Satsai of Bihari and not an illustration to a Rasikapriya series as stated in the printed catalogue.

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This painting is an illustration to the Hindi text the Rasikapriya ('A Connoisseur's Delight'). The author, Keshav Das, wrote it in Orchha in Madhya Pradesh in 1591. It is concerned mainly with love and types of lovers, and these are usually represented by the Hindu god Krishna and his mortal lover, Radha. Three other illustrations from this Jaipur series sold at Christie's, London, 10 June 2015, lots 94, 95 and 96.

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