Lot Essay
For a comparable painting which sold in these Rooms, see 25 May 2017, lot 56A.
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MANDI OR KANGRA, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810-30
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KRISHNA FLUTING ON A RIVERBANK
MANDI OR KANGRA, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810-30
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Krishna standing on a dais by a riverbank, Radha presenting him with a lotus, the gopis in the back ground, in gold floral margins, within yellow and white rules, with pink speckled borders
Painting 9 ¾ x 7 ¼in.(24.7 x 18.4cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 9 ¼in. (30 x 23.5cm.)
MANDI OR KANGRA, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810-30
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Krishna standing on a dais by a riverbank, Radha presenting him with a lotus, the gopis in the back ground, in gold floral margins, within yellow and white rules, with pink speckled borders
Painting 9 ¾ x 7 ¼in.(24.7 x 18.4cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 9 ¼in. (30 x 23.5cm.)
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