Arts of the Islamic World and India
Arts of the Islamic World and India
PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Three illustrated folios from a Bhagavata Purana series, India, Malwa, circa 1680-90
Auction Closed
April 24, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
gouache on paper, depicting the infant Krishna slaying the demon Trinavarta; Krishna killing the washerman servant of his uncle Kamsa; Krishna in a cradle surrounded with festivities, narrow black border, red margins, the reverse with 5-11 lines of black devanagari script
(3)
each: 23 by 36cm. approx.
Additional folios from this dispersed series are in various collections including the Brooklyn Museum, New York (984.206.1-2); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (86.169); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (AC1995.220.3).