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Krishna and Radha
Pahari, circa 1850
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the
divine couple engaged in love play with Krishna
caressing Radha’s breast with one hand and
holding a gold jeweled mirror in the other.
Image: 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (24.8 x 17.4 cm); Folio:
11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (29.8 x 23.2 cm)
$3,000 - 5,000

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

Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Acquired by the present owner’s grandfather in
Detroit in early 1960s

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Radha and Krishna
Kangra, mid to late 19th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper;
Krishna, wearing a crown surmounted by
peacock feathers, supports Radha’s hand in his
right, his left directs her chin upwards in the
coy moments before darshan.
13 7/8 x 9 1/4 (45.2 x 23.5cm)
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance:
Private East Coast Collection
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1968

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