Page 170 - Christie's Inidian and HImalayan Works of Art, March 2019
P. 170

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
                        725
                        A PICCHVAI OF SHRINATHJI               Shrinathji wears a red kacchani  or skirt and pajama,
                        NORTH INDIA, RAJASTHAN, NATHDWARA OR   to  symbolize  the  festival  of  Gopashtami,  wherein
                        JODHPUR, MID-19TH CENTURY              Krishna’s  father,  Nanda  Maharaja,  gave  Krishna  and
                        Opaque pigments on textile
                                                               his  brother  Balarama  the  responsibility  to  care  for
                        91æ x 67Ω in. (233 x 171.5 cm.)
                                                               their heard of cattle for the frst time. The festival is
                        $8,000-10,000                          celebrated with the lustration and adoration of cows,
                                                               who provide milk and sustenance.
          168
   165   166   167   168   169   170   171   172   173   174   175