ID 828583
Lot 89 | THE NAYIKA IS HURT BY HER LOVER
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
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
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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