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Lot Essay
Radha squats on a low bathing platform, grasping her shoulders as a maid approaches her with a scrubbing cloth. A second maid screens her with a green and gold textile, while glancing at Krishna, who is spying on the intimate moment. He gestures to the maid, as if they have an understanding he may partake as voyeur from the balcony.
This painting perhaps belongs to a Sat Sai series, where we see this subject often illustrated. In discussing a similar folio, M.S. Randhawa expounds, “Radha is the Symbol of the human soul, which longs for the realization of God, who is Krishna.” The subject here teases at Radha’s current blindness to Krishna, who in turn is able to witness her fully.
Although Radha is semi-clothed in the present example, this Kangra painting delights in the feminine grace epitomized in Guler nude toilette scenes, such as lot 471 in this sale.
This painting perhaps belongs to a Sat Sai series, where we see this subject often illustrated. In discussing a similar folio, M.S. Randhawa expounds, “Radha is the Symbol of the human soul, which longs for the realization of God, who is Krishna.” The subject here teases at Radha’s current blindness to Krishna, who in turn is able to witness her fully.
Although Radha is semi-clothed in the present example, this Kangra painting delights in the feminine grace epitomized in Guler nude toilette scenes, such as lot 471 in this sale.