THE JEALOUS RADHA STRIKES KRISHNA WITH A LOTUS STEM

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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 80 | THE JEALOUS RADHA STRIKES KRISHNA WITH A LOTUS STEM
THE JEALOUS RADHA STRIKES KRISHNA WITH A LOTUS STEM

KANGRA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810-20

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the painting within an elongated oval, set within blue spandrels decorated by gold arabesques, with a thin black border, red margins and white rules, the reverse plain, fly-leaf attached

Painting 9 3/4 x 5 5/8in. (24.8 x 14.2cm.); folio 11 1/8 x 8 1/8in. (28.3 x 20.5cm.)





Literature

L.V. Habighorst, Der blaue Gott in indischen Miniaturen, Mittelrhein Museum, Koblenz, 2014, fig. 24

J.P. Losty, Indian Paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, Francesca Galloway, London, 2018, no. 12

V. Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, Delhi, 2020, pl.142



Exhibited

Blumen - Bäume - Göttergärten. Indische Miniaturen aus sechs Jahrhunderten, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg, 17 March-27 October 2013
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