PROBABLY NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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SRI NATHJI AT THE GANGA DASHAMI FESTIVAL
PROBABLY NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, set within yellow borders with white rules, the margins red with white devanagari inscription at the top, the verso plain with old inventory marks
Painting 7 7⁄8 x 4 7⁄8in. (20 x 12.5cm.); folio 8 5⁄8 x 5 ¾in. (22 x 14.7cm.)

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INSCRIPTIONS:
In the upper margin: Śrī Nātha-jī ko Gaṅgā dasamī ke ūchava ko sīgāra he 'adornment of Nātha-jī on the festival of Ganga Dashami (also known as the Ganga Dasehra, tenth of Jyeṣṭha śukla pakṣa)'

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