An Illustration to a Bharamasa Series: Asadha Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Malwa, circa 1725
Lot 57
An Illustration to a Bharamasa Series: Month of Asadha Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Malwa, circa 1725
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An Illustration to a Bharamasa Series: Month of Asadha
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Malwa, circa 1725
Inscribed in the upper yellow register: asadha.

The female gestures to the uneasy weather outside admonishing her lover to remain with her. Lighting crosses the sky, birds take flight and secure themselves in nests. The sadhus stay sheltered in a lower temple continuing with their ritual practice.
image: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm), folio: 11 ¼ x 7 ½ in. (28.6 x 19 cm)

Footnotes

  • "In such weather only a man of feeble mind with go out leaving his wife and house. Even the mendicants only use one asasna these days...Poet Keshavadasa says that during the month of Asadha, he has not heard anybody leaving his home, even in the Vedas and Gathas" Dwivedi, 1980, p. 132.

    Another page from this series is in the Jadish and Kamla Mittal Collection (see VP Dwivedi, Barahmasa, New Delhi, 1980, no. 108, pl. 108.

    Provenance:
    Dr. Alec Simpson Collection, New Jersey
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