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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTOR THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTOR
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A PAINTING OF BUDDHA, THE NINTH AVATAR OF VISHNU, A PAINTING OF HARIHARA AND A PAINTING OF KRISHNA
WITH TWO ATTENDANTS AND RADHA
NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, POSSIBLY GARHWAL, NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, POSSIBLY NURPUR, 1820-1830 AND
CIRCA 1760-1780 NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA, 1810-1830
Image 7º x 4√ in. (18.4 x 12.4 cm.) First: Image 8¡ x 7¬ in. (21.3 x 19.4 cm.)
folio 8¿ x 5æ in. (20.6 x 14.6 cm.) folio 8æ x 7æ in. (22.2 x 19.7 cm.)
Second: Image 6 x 4¬ in. (15.2 x 11.7 cm.)
folio 8¡ x 7 in. (21.3 x 17.8 cm.)
$4,000-6,000
(2)
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Maggs London, 1985, by repute.
PROVENANCE
Vishnu appears here as one of his many avatars, the Buddha, fanked by Both purchased from Maggs London, 1985, by repute.
Indian devotees paying homage with ritual performances—a testament to the
syncretic practices of the Himalayan regions. This painting, probably a folio
from a Vishnu Avatara, series is executed in a lesser-known variety of Pahari
styles known as Garhwal after its location in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Paintings of the Buddha Avatar are scarce; for another example see B.N.
Goswamy and E. Fischer, “Pahari Masters,” Artibus Asiae Supplementum
XXXVIII, Zurich, 1992, cat. pp. 184-185, cat. 784.

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