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An Illustration from the Bhagavata Purana: Sudama Put to Bed, India, Garhwal, circa 1880
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
Opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper.
Before Krishna retires for the night he lovingly tucks in his childhood friend Sudama, who has come to visit him at his palace in Dwaraka for the first time since they parted as children.
Before Krishna retires for the night he lovingly tucks in his childhood friend Sudama, who has come to visit him at his palace in Dwaraka for the first time since they parted as children.
Literature
For a similar illustration from an earlier Bhagvata Purana see W.G. Archer Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, p. 80, nos 7 (iii).
Condition
in good overall condition, areas of staining to white background visible in catalogue illustration, discoloration and staining to pink border, minor scattered specs of dirt, unframed
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."