ID 1178311
Lot 110 | TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS TO A DASAVATARA SERIES
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
POSSIBLY KANGRA, PUNJAB HILLS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, seven within black borders with gold and white floral meander, thirteen within red borders with black and white floral meander, margins cropped, the verso of each with black devanagari identifying the scene and a number in the upper right corner, some with sketches or preparatory drawings on the verso, each set into a sealed card display mount with windows on both sides, generally good and clean condition
Each painting 3 ½ x 6in. (9 x 15.3cm.) approx.; mount 11.6⁄7 x 16 ½in. (29.5 x 42cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 29th and 30th March 1982, lot 146,
Dr. Raghu Gaind (d.2021), London
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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