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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 381

AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE MAHABHARATA : THE PANDAVA AND KAUR AVA ARMIES FACE EACH
OTHER IN COMBAT, INDIA , KANGRA , CIRCA 1810
Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 USD

PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK CITY COLLECTION
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE MAHABHARATA: THE PANDAVA AND KAURAVA ARMIES FACE EACH OTHER IN COMBAT
INDIA, KANGRA, CIRCA 1810

Attributed to Purkhu

Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold

image: 11 ¼ by 15 ¾ in. (28.6 by 40 cm)

folio: 13 ¼ by 17 ½ in. (33.6 by 44.4 cm)

Provenance
Mrs. F.K. Smith, Sotheby's London, February 3, 1960, lot 2
New York Collection, acquired 1968

Catalogue Note
On the plains of Kurukshetra two mighty armies face each other in a cataclysmic battle. This is the climactic end to the epic
Mahabharata, where the eighteen-day War of Kurukshetra is described in such vivid detail that it comprises more than a quarter of
the text.

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