AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE 'TULA RAM' BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: THE EXPLOITS OF KRISHNA AND BALARAMA

Good and stable overall condition. The painting has a mauve folio border with two lines of inscription on the top margin, not visible in catalog illustration. There are two pinholes in the image in the center and lower right, both visible in catalog illustration. This lot is exhibited in a temporary frame.
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A folkish and stylized folio from the Bhagavata Purana Book 10 depicting the exploits of Krishna and Balarama. This well-known early and significant series was determined by Karl Khandalavala to have originated in Burhanpur in Gujarat. Paintings from the series have been dispersed in many public and private collections the world over.  

For another leaf from the collection of Paul F. Walter see Pratapaditya Pal, The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting, The Morgan Library, New York, 1978, cat. 9, pp. 64-65; Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods Thrones and Peacocks, Asia Society, New York, 1965, cat. 15, pp. 64-65 and Stuart Cary Welch, A Flower from Every Meadow, Asia Society, New York, 1974, cat. 15, pp. 38-39.