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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BARONESS EVA BESSENYEY
(LOTS 601-640 AND LOTS 719-724)

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA A SILVER-INLAID BIDRIWARE VASE
SERIES: KRISHNA VISITS BHISHMA INDIA, DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY
CENTRAL INDIA, DATIA, CIRCA 1770 9¿ in. (23.2 cm.) high
Opaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Image 10Ω x 15æ in. (26.7 x 40 cm.) $1,000-1,500
folio 12æ x 17√ in. (32.4 x 45.4 cm.)
PROVENANCE
$3,000-5,000
Temple Art, Inc., New York, 1982
The Scholar’s Vision: The Pal Family Collection; Christie’s
The current work depicts blue-skinned Krishna arriving at the New York, 20 March 2008, lot 368
camp of Bhishma. Verses from the tenth book of the Bhagavata
EXHIBITED
Purana are inscribed in Devanagari on the verso, with the stamp of
Pasadena, California, Norton Simon Museum, “Painted
the Datia State karkhana (artist studio) below.
Poems: Rajput Paintings from the Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor
Collection,” 2 April-6 September 2004

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