Sale 7987
London
|
6 October 2011
Price realised
GBP 10,625
Estimate
KRISHNA IN A LANDSCAPE KANGRA, CIRCA 1830 Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Krishna lies on a foliate river bank surrounded by attendants who fan him and tickle his feet, before them the weapons with which they have killed a gazelle who lies tied up before them, in the foreground Hanuman sips water from a silver stream, within gold-heightened floral borders on a pink margins Miniature 8¼ x 6in. (20.9 x 15cm.); folio 10¼ x 7 7/8in. (26 x 20.1cm.)
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