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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

KING DASARATHA CONSULTS SAGE
VASISTHA: AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE
RAMAYANA
INDIA, JAIPUR, MID-19TH CENTURY

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 10¼ by 14¾ in., 26 by 37.6 cm
folio: 11¾ by 16 in., 30 by 40.7 cm

The nely executed illustration in narrative format depicting
King Dasaratha consulting with sage Vasistha in the upper
register and the sage exiting the palace in the lower register as
he is led away by the King’s trusted charioteer Sumantra.

The scene is set at the beginning of the epic Ramayana and
portrays King Dasaratha’s quandary at the risk posed to
his sixteen year old son Rama who has been requested by
the powerful sage Vishwamitra to accompany him to his
forest abode and vanquish the demons there who have been
disturbing his penance.

$ 3,000-5,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MALIBU COLLECTION

KRISHNA PLAYS HIS FLUTE AS A COW
IS MILKED
INDIA, JAIPUR, 1820-40

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 6 by 8¼ in., 15.3 by 21 cm
folio: 6¾ by 9⅛in., 17.2 by 23.2 cm

Krishna plays his gold ute calming a contented cow being
milked by a gopi. Her calf looks on.

$ 3,000-4,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ARIZONA COLLECTION

A PRINCESS AND HER SAKHI EXCHANGE
FLOWER BLOSSOMS
INDIA, PAHARI, POSSIBLY KULU,
CIRCA 1800

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8⅛ by 5½ in., 20.7 by 14 cm
folio: 10 by 7½ in., 25.3 by 19 cm

A nayika (heroine) holding the stem of a hookah, exchanges
blossoms with her sakhi (con dante) within the walled con nes
of the zenana - as female musicians and handmaidens look on.

$ 3,000-5,000

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