Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Including Property from the Estate of Dr. Claus Virch

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Lot 846
  • 846

BABY KRISHNA PLAYS WITH HIS MOTHER YASHODA

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1,200 - 1,800 USD
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Description

  • BABY KRISHNA PLAYS WITH HIS MOTHER YASHODA
  • Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
  • image: 6 1/4 by 9 3/8 in. (15.9 by 23.8 cm)
  • folio: 8 by 11 1/8 in. (20.3 by 28.2 cm) unframed
Yashoda leans over the baby Krishna, his hand holding a crescent-shaped scoop in a tank.  Krishna and Balarama point up to the crescent moon rising just above the curving flat blue sky. Two ladies, one old and one young, watch bemused.