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Lot 285

Radha with female attendants regarding Krishna, departing from her, from the walls of a palace
Garhwal, circa 1780-90

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Radha with female attendants regarding Krishna, departing from her, from the walls of a palace
Garhwal, circa 1780-90

gouache and gold on paper, framed
218 x 160 mm.

Footnotes

Possibly an illustration to a Garhwal Nayaka Nayika series. The large state of Garhwal lies to the south east of the Punjab Hills and through marriage had close links with Guler creating an interaction between the two Pahari schools towards the end of the 18th Century. Blossoming trees covered with large starry flowers are typical of Garhwal painting and trees heavy with blossom and the intense love between Radha and Krishna gave plenty of inspiration to Pahari artists for these popular and highly decorative subjects.

See:
W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London 1973, vol. I, p. 117 and vol. II, p.86, no. 21(i).
W. G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, London and New York 1976, no. 18.
K. Khandalavala, Pahari Miniature Painting in the N. C. Mehta Collection, Ahmedabad, n.d., fig. 102.

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