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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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