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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BARAMASA SERIES: Compare a related scene in the San Diego Museum of Art (Goswamy
COURTESANS ENJOYING THE ARRIVAL OF THE MONSOON & Smith, Domains of Wonder, San Diego, 2005. pp.252-3, fig.108),
KANGRA, 1810-1820 as well as Christie’s, New York, 18 September 2013, lot 363, and
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Bonhams, New York, 19 March 2018, lot 3106.
Image: 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (21.5 x 16.2 cm);
Folio: 10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27 x 21.2 cm) Exhibited
Blumen, Bäume, Göttergärten, Völkerkunde-Museum, Hamburg, 17
$15,000 - 20,000 March – 27 October 2013

The nayika and her attendants relish in the arrival of the monsoon. She Provenance.
stands apart from her entourage, taking a pause from her hookah pipe Chughtai Collection, Lahore
to gaze at the swelling dark clouds and lightening strikes that remind Private German Collection
her passionate nights with her lover. As she raises a hand to steady
her head scarf, one can practically hear the clamorous thunder and
strong winds that have agitated the egrets in the distance.

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