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     KRISHNA AND RADHA PLAY PARCHEESI
     INDIA, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1760

     The verso with a short inscription in devanagari; a typed
     label with “No. 7,” possibly from an exhibition; and two
     circular collection stamps, one illegible and the other in
     aniline dye reading “Huzur Ofice, Miraj Junior State.”
     Opaque pigments and gold on paper
     10 x 7Ω in. (25.7 x 19 cm.), image
     14 x 10Ω in. (34.8 x 26.5 cm.), folio

     $2,000-4,000

     PROVENANCE:

     Acquired from Sotheby’s London, 16 April 1984, lot 64.

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                                                                                                     MAHARAJA RAM SINGH II (1827-1865) HOLDING
                                                                                                     DURBAR AT CAMP
                                                                                                     INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTAH, CIRCA 1840-50

                                                                                                     Opaque pigments and gold on paper
                                                                                                     13 x 10Ω in. (32.8 x 26.7 cm.)

                                                                                                     $2,500-3,500

                                                                                                                                                        EXHIBITED:

                                                                                                     Indian Painting: Mughal and Rajput and a Sultanate
                                                                                                     Manuscript, P&D;Colnaghi & Co Ltd, London, 1978

                                                                                                                                                        PUBLISHED:

                                                                                                     T. Falk, et al., Indian Painting: Mughal and Rajput and a
                                                                                                     Sultanate Manuscript, London, 1978, p.62 and 101 (illus),
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     A PICCHVAI OF THE DANA LILA
     INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY

     Opaque pigments, silver and gold on cloth
     82æ x 68º in. (210 x 173.4 cm.)

     $15,000-20,000

     PROVENANCE:

     Acquired from Christie’s New York, 21 September 2007,
     lot 318.

     EXHIBITED:

     Pichvaï: ou les peintures dédiées au culte de Krishna, Galerie
     Ariane Dandois, Paris, 17-29 October 1977

     PUBLISHED:

     Galerie Ariane Dandois, Pichvaï: ou les peintures dédiées au
     culte de Krishna, Paris, 17-29 October 1977, pp. 24-25

     In the Dana Lila, which means “Taking of a Toll,” Krishna
     playfully tips yoghurt from the matka on top of the
     gopi’s head, tentatively identifed as Radha, that she
     and her companions are carrying to the market. This is
     one of the many diferent games that Krishna plays to
     win Radha’s attention, and all of the forest animals and
     celestial couples look on as witness to their courtship. The
     inscription at bottom is translated to “naghina lal Mathur
     radhas (a)njusarapalana Shri Krishna panyasi.”

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