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RADHA AND KRISHNA
Kangra, late 19th century

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; a forest landscape with
Krishna playing a flute and accompanied by Radha carrying a golden
tray, all set within a narrow foliate-patterned border, verso with a three-
line Takri inscription and Lucknow Government School of Arts & Crafts
exhibition label.
9 7/8 x 7 1/4in (25.2 x 18.4cm) image
$1,000 - 1,500

Compare with a closely related example in Ducrot, Four Centuries of
Rajput Painting, Milan, 2009, no. P5, p. 214.

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TWO PREPARATORY DRAWINGS
Kangra or Guler, late 18th/early 19th century

Ink and faint color on paper; the first, an illustration of Krishna
quelling the demon serpent Kaliya from the Bhagavata Purana; the
second, a study for the Gita Govinda with Krishna gazing longingly at
Radha in the forest.
9 1/2 x 7 3/4in (24.1 x 19.7cm)
8 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (20.6 x 20 cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

Compare with a scene of Krishna dancing on the head of Kaliya in
the Punjab Museum, see Khandalavala, Pahari Miniature Paintings,
Bombay, 1958, no. 141.

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