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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BHAGAVATA
PURANA SERIES:
KRISHNA AND BALARAMA ARRIVE AT DWARKA
KANGRA, CIRCA 1840-50
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; inscribed
verso:
Is jaga sri krishna ji aur baldeva ji aur nagar ke lok aur
dola lekar aaye ghar ko dwarkapuri mein.
“At this point Krishna, Balarama, and the townsfolk of
Dwarka brought the palanquin to the city.
Image: 7 1/2 x 11 in. (19 x 28 cm);
Folio: 10 1/2 x 14 in. (26.6 x 35.5 cm)
$5,000 - 7,000

Compare with another page from the series sold at
Christie’s, London, 25 May 2017, lot 70. Also compare
Sotheby’s, New York, 29 March 2006, lot 163; 19 Sep-
tember 2006, lot 8; and 19 March 2008, lot 221.

Provenance
Private Californian Collection
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A PRIZED WHITE STALLION AND GROOM
MEWAR, CIRCA 1760
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Image: 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (21 x 24 cm);
Folio: 9 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (23.5 x 26.2 cm)

$8,000 - 12,000
A common visual device in Rajput paintings of prized
horses in a royal stable, the groom serves as a stoic
foil for this magnificent white stallion’s gallant trot. A se-
ries of portraits of Maharana Ari Singh’s favorite horses,
in the National Gallery of Victoria, are well documented
(see Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan, Melbourne,
1980, pp.126 & 128, nos.185 & 186).

Provenance
Ex-Collection of Ambassador Marc Menguy, Paris

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