ID 828596
Lot 75 | THE RETURN OF THE UNFAITHFUL LOVER (KHANDITA NAYIKA)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
NURPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1720
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, margins and borders cropped, the reverse plain
7 3/4 x 10 5/8in. (19.6 x 27cm.)
Literature
L.V. Habighorst, P.A.Reichart and V. Sharma, Love for Pleasure: Betel, Tobacco, Wine and Drugs in Indian Miniatures, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007. Published in German as Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, Wein und Rauschdrogen in indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, fig. 10
V. Sharma, Kangra ki citramkan parampara, Chamba, 2010, p. 62
A. Lutz, Der Spiegel - Der Mensch im Widerschein, Wienand Verlag, 2019
J.P. Losty, Rajput paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, Francesca Galloway, London, 2019, no. 14
V. Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, Delhi, 2020, pl.126.
Exhibited
Der Spiegel - Der Mensch im Widerschein, Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 15 May - 22 September 2019
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