Illustration from a Nayika series: Abhisarika Nayika
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 19th century
In the dark of night under black clouds and lightening the nayika hurries to her tryst, her distracted state allows her to walk past snakes and drop her precious jewelry.
image: 7 x 3 ¼ in. (18 x 3.5 cm), folio: 11 ¼ x 8 ½ in. (28.5 x 21.5 cm)
In the dark of night under black clouds and lightening the nayika hurries to her tryst, her distracted state allows her to walk past snakes and drop her precious jewelry.
image: 7 x 3 ¼ in. (18 x 3.5 cm), folio: 11 ¼ x 8 ½ in. (28.5 x 21.5 cm)
Sold for
US$ 3,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Private Collection, Texas
Purchased at Butterfields , 1998
Collection of Charles Ramus
On loan to the Denver Art Museum
Collection of the late P.Chater Manuk of Bankipore, Patna
Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art
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