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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.

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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.