ID 828729
Lot 79 | THE NAYIKA WHOSE HUSBAND HAS ARRIVED HOME (NAYIKA AGAMAPATIKA)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
ATTRIBUTED TO CHHAJJU AT CHAMBA, NORTH INDIA, 1800-1810
An illustration to the Rasikapriya of Kesav Das, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within dark blue gold and silver-illuminated borders and pink flecked margins, the reverse plain, a flyleaf attached
Painting 8 1/2 x 6in. (21.5 x 15.2cm.); folio 11 1/2 x 8 5/8in. (29 x 21.8cm.)
Exhibited
V. Sharma, Kangra ki citramkan parampara, Chamba, 2010, p. 65
J.P. Losty, Indian Paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, Francesca Galloway, London, 2018, no. 18
V. Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, Delhi, 2020, pl.130
| Art style: | Pahari painting |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Art style: | Pahari painting |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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