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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT
EUROPEAN COLLECTION
710 The current painting and the following lot 711
A PAINTING OF BRAHMA are from the same series as The Liberation of
NORTHWEST INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BIKANER Gajendra, illustrated by Andrew Topsfeld in In
CIRCA 1630-1640 the Realm of Gods and Kings, New York, 2004,
Opaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold p.117, no.43, formerly in the collection of Cynthia
10⅛ x 7⅝ in. (25.7 x 19.5 cm.) Polsky and sold at Bonhams New York, 16 March
2015, lot 70.
$4,000-6,000
Exhibiting strong Mughal and Deccani infuences,
this series was made for a Maharaja of Bikaner
and included illustrations of various Hindu deities
including the avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu.
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