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A Group of Eight illustrations from a Nayika Series
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Description
- A Group of Eight illustrations from a Nayika Series
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image 8 1/2 by 6 1/4 in. (21.6 by 15.9 cm.) and slightly smaller
- folio 12 by 9 3/4 in. (30.5 by 24.9 cm.) and slightly smaller, [8], unframed, 4 illustrated
The group of illustrations depicting the various moods and nuances of lovers personified as Radha and Krishna. This is a subject that was particularly popular in the Punjab Hills ateliers.
Catalogue Note
For other illustrations from the same series see Sotheby's New York, April 1, 2005, lot 125 and Sotheby's New York, March 29, 2006, lot 162.