THE NAYIKA IS HURT BY HER LOVER

Lot 89
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 89 | THE NAYIKA IS HURT BY HER LOVER
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
THE NAYIKA IS HURT BY HER LOVER

ATTRIBUTED TO SAJNU, MANDI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810

Possibly depicting Raja Isvari Sen, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set between black floral border with red rules and a buff coloured margin, the reverse plain, flyleaf

Painting 8 1/4 x 5 3/4in. (21.5 x 14.8cm.); folio 12 x 9 1/8in. (30.5 x 24cm.)





Literature

L. V. Habighorst, P. A. Reichart, V. Sharma, Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, Wein und Rauschdrogen in indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, p. 71, plate 45

V. Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, Delhi, 2020, pl.119



Exhibited

Betel, Tabak, Wein, Hasch und Opium in der indischen Malerei, Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 12 January-2 May 2010
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