THE HEROIC DEEDS OF KRISHNA IN MATHURA AND A FLUTING KRISHNA BEING SALUTED BY RAO MADHO SINGH OF KOTA
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ID 828698
Lot 76 | THE HEROIC DEEDS OF KRISHNA IN MATHURA AND A FLUTING KRISHNA BEING SALUTED BY RAO MADHO SINGH OF KOTA
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
KOTA, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, THE RECTO, CIRCA 1720-1730; THE VERSO, CIRCA 1680
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the recto depicting the heroic deeds of Krishna in Mathura within gold and black rules and a brown margin with gold foliate scroll on the left and bottom sides; verso with the fluting Krishna within gold, black and white rules and a maroon margin with a gold trefoil scroll
Painting recto 12 1/4 x 8 3/8in. (31 x 21.2cm.); painting verso 11 1/8 x 8 1/8in. (28.2 x 20.5cm.); folio 12 3/4 x 9 5/8in. (32.5 x 24.5cm.)
Literature
L.V. Habighorst, Der blaue Gott in indischen Miniaturen, Mittelrhein Museum, Koblenz, 2014, no. 9
J.P. Losty, Rajput Paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, Francesca Galloway, London, 2019, no.8.
Exhibited
Die Gemäldesammlung des Fürsten von Kota, Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 22 November 1997-8 February 1998
Der Blaue Gott in indischen Miniaturen,Koblenz, Mittelrhein Museum, 26 July - 5 October 2014
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