Ending 7th Jan, 2025 12:00
The Christmas Collection, an Online Time Auction
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LORD KRISHNA TAMING A WATER SNAKE (NAGA)
Kangra, Pahari Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, ca. 1820 - 1830
LORD KRISHNA TAMING A WATER SNAKE (NAGA)
Kangra, Pahari Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, ca. 1820 - 1830
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the large horizontal-format composition depicting a night scene with Lord Krishna in the foreground taming a naga about to bite an elderly man sleeping under a tree, the Hindu deity assisted by two men holding the snake with red sticks, the crowd surrounding the scene gazing in disbelief, on the left hand-side a group of women worshipping the murti (icon) of the Hindu Goddess Durga in a small altar, in the lower left corner a group of musicians playing large trumpets, the scene possibly illustrating one of the many events narrated in Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, the pictorial style attributed to Purkhu and his circle, active in Kangra in the final phase of Sansar Chand's ruler (r. 1775 - 1823), the composition set within black and white rules and bright red borders, the reverse with two different Indian collection stamps.
30.5cm x 38.5cm
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,600
LORD KRISHNA TAMING A WATER SNAKE (NAGA)
Kangra, Pahari Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, ca. 1820 - 1830
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the large horizontal-format composition depicting a night scene with Lord Krishna in the foreground taming a naga about to bite an elderly man sleeping under a tree, the Hindu deity assisted by two men holding the snake with red sticks, the crowd surrounding the scene gazing in disbelief, on the left hand-side a group of women worshipping the murti (icon) of the Hindu Goddess Durga in a small altar, in the lower left corner a group of musicians playing large trumpets, the scene possibly illustrating one of the many events narrated in Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, the pictorial style attributed to Purkhu and his circle, active in Kangra in the final phase of Sansar Chand's ruler (r. 1775 - 1823), the composition set within black and white rules and bright red borders, the reverse with two different Indian collection stamps.
30.5cm x 38.5cm
Auction: The Christmas Collection, an Online Time Auction, ending 7th Jan, 2025
The first Online Only sale of Azca Auctions has landed.
We will accompany you through the Christmas holidays with some extravagant, quirky, and sparkly lots. The auction is entirely online, and bidding begins on the 11th December and closes on the 7th January 2025.
Collections are taking place from 188 R Hammersmith road, W6 7DJ once the sale closes.
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