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115 Another page from this nayika series, also formerly in the Manuk
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A NAYIKA SERIES: VIRAHINI NAYIKA Collection, was sold at Sotheby’s, London, 8 October 2014, lot 261.
Kangra or Guler, circa 1800 And a similar composition was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 16/17
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; encircled by pink blossoms March 1988, lot 478.
and wearing a yellow turban, the princess enjoys the huqqa.
Image: 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (18.1 x 11.5 cm); Folio: 10 x 7 1/4 in. Provenance
(25.4 x 18.4 cm) Percival Chater Manuk of Bankipore, Patna, Bihar
$10,000 - 15,000 Charles F. Ramus Collection (R.C.38.844.R.14.(3951.I.))
Butterfields & Butterfields, San Francisco, 25/26 May 1998, lot 4692
She is virahini nayika: separated from her lover, suffering from anxiety and Private Collection, Los Angeles
longing. The artist beautifully composes her within the curling branches of
a sympathetic prunus tree to emphasize her forlorn emotions.
The painting formerly belonged in the collection amassed by Percival
Chater Manuk (1873-1946), who bequeathed a large number of
paintings and objects to the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert
Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the Bristol Museum & Art
Gallery. The remainder of his collection was sold in 1948-9.
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