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3096
RAMA AND SITA ENTHRONED
GULER, 1830-50
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Image: 6 3/4 x 7 in. (15.5 x 17.7 cm);
Folio: 6 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (15.6 x 21.5 cm)

$6,000 - 8,000

Hanuman and Lakshmana revere the beloved
couple seated on a gem-encrusted gilded
throne beneath a parasol.

Provenance
Christie’s, London, 4 July 1985, lot 38

3097
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SAT SAI OF
BIHARI
DATIA, CIRCA 1770
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper;
numbered ‘66’ and inscribed on both sides
with nagari script: bhala lala bendi chaye
chhute bar chhabi deta/gahyo rahu ati ahu
kari manu sasi sur sameta; “A forehead
marked with vermilion embellishes unkempt
hair, appearing as if the sun and the moon
together have captured Rahu with a great
valor”.
Image: 7 x 7 5/8 in. (17.7 x 18 cm);
Folio: 8 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (20.5 x 23.3 cm)

$2,000 - 3,000
The Sat Sai of Bihari Lal was written for the
ruler of Amber, Jai Singh (r.1621-67), based
mainly on the love of Radha and Krishna. Nine
paintings from the same series were sold at
Bonhams, New York, 17 September 2014,
lot 143, although none retained their original
borders and inscriptions like the present lot.
For other examples from this series, see
Kamrisch, Painted Delight, 1986, p.102 &
178, no.95.

Provenance
Christie’s, London, 4 July 1985, lot 26

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