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Lot 462 - A189AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia - Tuesday, 04. June 2019, 02.30 PM

AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA.

India, Bikaner, 1600-10, 16.6x24.2 cm (illustration), ca. 24.5x28.8 cm (folio).
Opaque pigments and gold on paper. Krishna slays a demon while Yashoda and Balarama are watching seated on the porch of their house. Verso inscriptions and partly illegible stamps. Slightly stained, the margins partly backed.

Other folios from this set were on the market and in many museum collections, e.g.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37861
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/191321/yashoda-chastises-her-foster-son-the-youthful-krishna-page-from-a-manuscript-of-the-bhagavata-purana
https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/88314?returnUrl=%2Fart%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dpurana


CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

Sold for CHF 3 750 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.