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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES:
BATTLE OF THE KAURAVAS AND SRINJAYS
ATTRIBUTED TO MANAKU
GULER, CIRCA 1745
Ink on paper.
Image: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (18.4 x 29.3 cm)

$6,000 - 8,000

This fine drawing is attributed to the renowned artist Manaku. Born
around 1700, Manaku was the son of Pandit Seu and elder brother
of Nainsukh. For his entire life, he lived and worked in Guler. Manaku
almost certainly worked on an illustrated Ramayana by his father,
he produced a Gita Govinda in 1730, and in 1735 he began his
Bhagavata Purana. Compare other drawn battle scenes by Manaku
in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2013-68-2); McInerney & Kossak,
Divine Pleasures, New York, 2017, pp.189-193; and Goswamy,
Manaku of Guler, Zurich 2017, p.488, pl.B276.

Provenance
Collection of Jagdish Mittal
Collection of Milo Cleveland Beach

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