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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A PICCHVAI WITH KRISHNA AND RADHA Bright summer colors of pink and green, with a yellow foral motif
AMONGST LOTUSES bordering the current work indicate that it was used for worship of
NORTH INDIA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY Shrinathji during the summer months, in the Nathwara district of
Opaque pigments on textile Rajasthan. In this picchvai, Radha and Krishna walk blithely through
90¾ x 78¼ in. (230.5 x 198.6 cm.)
the waters of the Yamuna River, while devotees and attendants watch
$ 12,000-15,000 in amusement.

EXHIBITED
London, Asia House, "Krishna and Devotion: Temple Hangings
from Western India", February-April 2009
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