An illustrated leaf from a Bhagavadgita manuscript . India, Rajasthan, Bikaner or Jaipur, circa 1755
An illustrated leaf from a Bhagavadgita manuscript . India, Rajasthan, Bikaner or Jaipur, circa 1755
Ink, colours and gilt on paper. Nagari script, the miniature framed by four lines of script above and below, verso 21 lines and pagination. Very finely painted, Krishna steers a chariot pulled by two horses, in which Arjuna is seated. Some areas of text spotted. Margins damaged, partly backed; yellowing alongside mat. Image: 9.7 x 9.4 cm; sheet: 23.7 x 15.5 cm. (BA)
Provenance:
from a German private collection
Cf. three leaves in a very similar style from Bikaner/Jaipur, dated 1755, from the Metzger Collection, in: J. Bautze, Lotosmond and Löwenritt, indische Miniaturmalerei, Linden Museum Stuttgart 1991, pp. 73-78, ills 22-24.
Specialist: Angelika Borchert
Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641
angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at
02.12.2015 - 16:00
- Estimate:
-
EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,500.-
An illustrated leaf from a Bhagavadgita manuscript . India, Rajasthan, Bikaner or Jaipur, circa 1755
Ink, colours and gilt on paper. Nagari script, the miniature framed by four lines of script above and below, verso 21 lines and pagination. Very finely painted, Krishna steers a chariot pulled by two horses, in which Arjuna is seated. Some areas of text spotted. Margins damaged, partly backed; yellowing alongside mat. Image: 9.7 x 9.4 cm; sheet: 23.7 x 15.5 cm. (BA)
Provenance:
from a German private collection
Cf. three leaves in a very similar style from Bikaner/Jaipur, dated 1755, from the Metzger Collection, in: J. Bautze, Lotosmond and Löwenritt, indische Miniaturmalerei, Linden Museum Stuttgart 1991, pp. 73-78, ills 22-24.
Specialist: Angelika Borchert
Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641
angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at
|
Buyers hotline
Mon.-Fri.: 10.00am - 5.00pm
kundendienst@dorotheum.at +43 1 515 60 200 |
| Auction: | Asian art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.12.2015 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.11. - 02.12.2015 |