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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 358

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BHAGAVATA PUR ANA SERIES: KRISHNA APPROACHED BY AKRUR A IN
THE GOLDEN PALACE OF DWARAKA , INDIA , DELHI-AGRA REGION, CIRCA 152 0
Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF H. PETER STERN
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA APPROACHED BY AKRURA IN THE GOLDEN PALACE OF
DWARAKA
INDIA, DELHI-AGRA REGION, CIRCA 1520

Opaque watercolor on paper

image: 6 ⅞ by 8 ½ in. (17.5 by 21.5 cm)

Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s

Catalogue Note
Krishna seated in a posture of meditation, his legs bound by a meditation cord, is greeted by Akrura who stands before him with
palms pressed. An attendant waving a chauri (ceremonial fly-whisk) stands behind. The three figures are contrasted against an
earthy-red rectangular compartment within the gold and jeweled architecture of Krishna’s palace in Dwaraka, depicted
surrounded on three sides by stylized foaming water inhabited by fantastical sea creatures.

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