Lot Essay
The same image is illustrated in B.N. Goswamy, J.P Losty and John Seyller, A Secret Garden: Paintings from the Porret Collection, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 2014, cat.105.
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TANJORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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KRISHNA DANCING ON SHESHA
TANJORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigment heightened with gold on card, set within red cusped border with white and yellow rules and devanagari inscription below possibly a later addition, the margin dark blue, the verso plain with further brief devanagari inscription
Painting 10 ¼ x 6 7⁄8in. (26.1 x 17.5cm.); folio 10 ¾ x 7 ½in. (27.4 x 19cm.)
TANJORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigment heightened with gold on card, set within red cusped border with white and yellow rules and devanagari inscription below possibly a later addition, the margin dark blue, the verso plain with further brief devanagari inscription
Painting 10 ¼ x 6 7⁄8in. (26.1 x 17.5cm.); folio 10 ¾ x 7 ½in. (27.4 x 19cm.)
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