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A DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUSTRATION TO THE RASIKAPRIYA OF KESHAV DAS: A NAYAKA AND NAYIKA CONVERSING; TWO NAYIKAS IN DISCUSSION
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- A DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUSTRATION TO THE RASIKAPRIYA OF KESHAV DAS: A NAYAKA AND NAYIKA CONVERSING; TWO NAYIKAS IN DISCUSSION
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- image: 7 1/8 by 5 1/4 in. (18.1 by 13.4 cm);
- folio: 8 1/2 by 6 3/4 in. (21.5 by 17.1 cm) unframed
Literature
Alice Heeramaneck, Masterpieces of Indian Painting: Formerly in the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collections, Verona 1984 p. 22 and p. 37, cat 16-17.
Condition
Recto: Good and stable overall condition. Abrasions and wear to red pigment on folio border, visible in catalog illustration. With a tiny pinhole on lower left corner. Further abrasions to yellow pigment and body of the deer on right side. Slight abrasions to hair of standing lady and hind leg of leaping deer at her side. Some rubbing to white pigments overall. The reds are deeper in reality.
Verso: Abrasions and wear to red folio border and tiny losses to hair of standing attendant. Some rubbing to white pigments.
Exhibited in a temporary frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The recto depicting a Nayika and a Nayaka conversing. This and the following two lots comprise leaves from the earliest known Malwa painting series which is dated 1634. Other leaves from this well-known series are dispersed in public and private collections world wide: The National Museum, New Delhi (which holds the colophon page with date of 1634), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and The Brooklyn Museum to name a few.
Refer to Amy Poster, Realms of Heroism: Indian Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1994 pp.182-85 cat. 138-141 and Linda York Leach, Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings, Cleveland Museum of Art (cat. part I) pp. 209-10.