Lot 56
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: VASUDEVA CROSSES THE YAMUNA WITH THE INFANT KRISHNA
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: VASUDEVA CROSSES THE YAMUNA WITH THE INFANT KRISHNA

BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: VASUDEVA CROSSES THE YAMUNA WITH THE INFANT KRISHNA
BASOHLI-GULER STYLE, INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, Vasudeva takes the child Krishna across the river Yamuna protected by Ananta, the guards of Mathura sleep, Devaki also is asleep, with large red borders, white and black rules, with protective fly-leaf, framed and glazed
9 x 13 ¼in. (23 x 33.6cm.); folio 11 7/8 x 15 ¾in. (30.2 x 40cm.)
Provenance
Mrs F.K. Smith, Sotheby's, London, 3 February 1960, lot 2

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Lot Essay

At the moment of the birth of Krishna, Devaki and Vasudeva’s eight child, the guards of their dungeon in Mathura fell asleep. Vasudeva escaped the city and brought baby Krishna to Nanda in the village of Gokul across the river Yamuna. Whilst the storm is raging at night, the serpent Shesh-naga protects Vasudeva and Krishna as they cross the river.

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