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拍品專文
The softly shaded faces, jewellery, distant architecture and rendering of Krishna's crown (on the tree behind) of our painting are features shared by two comparable paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum attributed to Mandi, circa 1820-30, one of which is attributed to the School of Sajnu (IS.30-1949 and IS.127-1949). The pompoms worn on the arms by Kaliya's wives can be seen in a painting attributed to the workshop of Sajnu, Mandi, circa 1810-20 published in J.P. Losty, A Mystical Realm of Love: Pahari Paintings from the Eva and Konrad Seitz Collection, London, 2017, no.89.
Although not the hand of Sajnu himself the high quality of our painting must be that of a slightly later master artist and is finer than the two Victoria and Albert examples above. It seems very likely that our artist trained with Sajnu or worked in his workshop in Mandi. The fine level of detail of our artist is noticeable in the group of unconscious gopas and cows with the gold-horned cows relating to a painting of Taurus attributed to Sajnu, circa 1810, in the Cleveland Museum of Art (acc.no. 2020.432). Some elements of our painting, including the depiction of the vegetation and golden framed clouds, also relate to a painting in the Rietberg Museum (RVI 1810). That painting has been attributed to Kangra circa 1850 following on from Purkhu's workshop and it is therefore possible that our artist had some knowledge of Kagra painting or the work of Purkhu and his workshop.
Professor Conrad Harris taught medicine at Leeds University from 1986 until his retirement in 1998. He was a keen collector of Indian paintings as well as Chinese ceramics and Japanese woodblock prints.
Although not the hand of Sajnu himself the high quality of our painting must be that of a slightly later master artist and is finer than the two Victoria and Albert examples above. It seems very likely that our artist trained with Sajnu or worked in his workshop in Mandi. The fine level of detail of our artist is noticeable in the group of unconscious gopas and cows with the gold-horned cows relating to a painting of Taurus attributed to Sajnu, circa 1810, in the Cleveland Museum of Art (acc.no. 2020.432). Some elements of our painting, including the depiction of the vegetation and golden framed clouds, also relate to a painting in the Rietberg Museum (RVI 1810). That painting has been attributed to Kangra circa 1850 following on from Purkhu's workshop and it is therefore possible that our artist had some knowledge of Kagra painting or the work of Purkhu and his workshop.
Professor Conrad Harris taught medicine at Leeds University from 1986 until his retirement in 1998. He was a keen collector of Indian paintings as well as Chinese ceramics and Japanese woodblock prints.