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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION PROVENANCE
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE Sotheby’s New York, March 19, 2008, lot 215.
HARIVAMSA: KRISHNA FROLICKING Private German Collection.
WITH GOPIS IN THE YAMUNA Acquired from the Royal Library of Mandi in 1969.
India, Kangra or Guler, circa 1820 Krishna is seen engaged in water-sports with his
companions and gopis in the Yamuna. Each of his
Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold companions is pictured with his consort - Arjuna
folio: 15 by 19 in. (38.1 by 48.2 cm.), unframed with Subhadra, Balarama with Revati, Pradyumna
image: 13⅜ by 17¼ in. (34 by 43.8 cm.) with Rati - but the playful and universally adored
Krishna is seen multiple times, identifiable by his
saffron-colored robes, each time in the company
of a separate consort.
$ 80,000-120,000
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