ARTS OF INDIA

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THE SAGE VALMIKI AND HIS DISCIPLE
BHARADWAJA ON THE BANK OF THE TAMASA
STREAM
MANDI , NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1700
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, in a densely
forested landscape the sage and his disciple witness the
death of a female crane whilst its companion hovers above
and screams its pain before falling dead to the ground, the
hunter holding his bow in the background, within white rules,
with wide black borders, fy-leaf stamped with Mandi Royal
Collection inventory number ‘4482’, the reverse with three lines
of black devanagari script
11Ω x 16√in. (29.2 x 43cm.)
£6,000-8,000 $8,600-11,000
€7,500-10,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Royal Mandi Collection (No. 4482)
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KRISHNA SLAYS THE DEMON VYOMASURA
KANGRA OR GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, blue-skinned
Krishna seizes the demon Vyomasura by two limbs and casts
him down, the demon Vyomasura is shown a second time in
his true form and slain below, Balarama to the left holding a
stake, the shepherd boys captured by Vyomasura on the right,
the fgures identifed with white devanagari inscriptions, within
gold and polychrome foral borders on wide red-speckled
margins mounted on card, framed and glazed
Painting 7¬ x 11in. (19.4 x 27.8cm.);
folio 9Ω x 12√in. (24 x 32.6cm.)
£5,000-8,000 $7,200-11,000
€6,300-10,000
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A PRINCE AT EASE WITH A LADY
BASOHLI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1690
Ink and transparent pigments on paper, possibly Krishna and
Radha, leaning against a bolster, wearing a crown topped with
lotus buds, in discussion with a lady holding a mirror or a fan,
both seated within a pavilion, trees in the right corner, with pink
and orange highlights, mounted
6¬ x 9√in. (17 x 25cm.)
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500
€5,000-7,500
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