Page 93 - Sotheby's Indian Himalayan and Southeast Asian Wroks of Art March 2019
P. 93
988
988
ANOTHER PROPERTY A gray-bearded Shaivite sadhu sits legs-crossed in
A SHAIVITE SADHU AND HIS meditative pose on a tiger-skin, clad in a loincloth,
YOUTHFUL ACOLYTE his hair pulled back into a topknot with a crook
under his right arm. The scene is set against
India, Awadh or Lucknow, circa 1780’s the evening sky in front of a small white marble
Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold hermitage capped by a gold finial and red pennant.
folio: 9⅝ by 7½ in. (24.4 by 19 cm.) Two stylized trees are placed at left and right. His
image: 7⅞ by 5½ in. (20 by 14 cm.) (nearly identical) young acolyte stands dutifully
behind holding a morchal over his shoulder as they
appear to await the arrival of a devotee.
A relatable Eighteenth Century Mughal painting in
the Norton Simon Museum Pasadena (accession
numberP.2003.06.1) depicts an ash-smeared
sadhu and his disciple meeting devotees at night.
We would like to thank Mitche Kunzman for his
assistance with this entry.
$ 5,000-7,000
END OF SALE
91
