Property from the Paul F. Walter Collection
A double-sided Vishnu series
Andhra Pradesh, late 18th century
Opaque watercolor on cloth; One side painted with heroes from the Ramayana with Hanuman and member of the monkey army. Each is powerfully modeled with wide eyes, lavish gold adornments as they stand beneath three large lotus-like blossoms and delicate leafy vines suspended from an archway. The other side depicts a nobleman in a candy-striped jama with hands raised in devotion.
Folio: 8 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (21.8 x 12.3 cm.)
Opaque watercolor on cloth; One side painted with heroes from the Ramayana with Hanuman and member of the monkey army. Each is powerfully modeled with wide eyes, lavish gold adornments as they stand beneath three large lotus-like blossoms and delicate leafy vines suspended from an archway. The other side depicts a nobleman in a candy-striped jama with hands raised in devotion.
Folio: 8 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (21.8 x 12.3 cm.)
Sold for
US$ 15,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- A number of pages from this series are know and the exact function remains puzzling. The Dakhni script in the upper corner may subjects the name of the patron or owner as discussed by Dehejia, Beyond the Legacy: Anniversary Acquisitions at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1998, p196-197. Three pages are in the Freer-Sackler and two are in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, see Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1985, nos.23a&b, pp. 58-59 and one other in the Cleveland Museum of Art, see Leach, Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings, 1986, no. 97, p. 242. Also see Simon Ray, October 2008, no. 58.
Provenance:
Acquired from Terry McInerny, 1996
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Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art
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