Lot 983
  • 983

AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE HARIVAMSA: KRISHNA FROLICKING WITH GOPIS IN THE YAMUNAINDIA, KANGRA OR GULER, CIRCA 1820 | AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE HARIVAMSA: KRISHNA FROLICKING WITH GOPIS IN THE YAMUNA

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold
  • folio: 15 by 19 in. (38.1 by 48.2 cm.), unframed
  • image: 13 3/8 by 17 1/4 in. (34 by 43.8 cm.)
Krishna is seen engaged in water-sports with his companions and gopis in the Yamuna. Each of his companions is pictured with his consort - Arjuna with Subhadra, Balarama with Revati, Pradyumna with Rati - but the playful and universally adored Krishna is seen multiple times, identifiable by his saffron-colored robes, each time in the company of a separate consort.

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, March 19, 2008, lot 215. 
Private German Collection.
Acquired from the Royal Library of Mandi in 1969.

Condition

Fairly good overall condition. Some losses to faces and figures of characters (see two figures at lower center and hair of woman at extreme left). Displayed in temporary frames for exhibition.
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