Two paintings of cosmographic maps
Property from the Estate of Blanche Manso
Two paintings of cosmographic maps

INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

细节
Two paintings of cosmographic maps
India, 19th century
The first with a dharma wheel filled with Devanagari text accompanied by blocks of letters, some arranged in an arrow; the second with a large sunburst filled with text and Surya the sun god in his chariot at center, with an elephant, a dragon holding a flywhisk, a bullock and a horse at the four corners
Left: 20 x 19½ in. (50.6 x 49.4 cm.)
Right: 20 7/8 x 19 1/8 in. (53 x 48.6 cm) (3)
来源
Stella Kramrisch (smaller illustration)

拍品专文

The painting of Surya was once a part of the collection of Stella Kramrisch, with whom Blanche Manso developed a close relationship when forming her collection.