Ending 7th Jan, 2025 12:00
The Christmas Collection, an Online Time Auction
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED GITA GOVINDA SERIES
Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, first half 18th century
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED GITA GOVINDA SERIES
Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, first half 18th century
Opaque pigments and black ink heightened with gold on wove paper, the large horizontal-format composition illustrating a chronological band, typical of Indian paintings, depicting different moments in time of the same story, at the top Krishna and a Brahmin in conversation, below them a crowned king on a white steed, the same king shown giving audience to two courtiers and conversing with a maiden in a palatial setting on the right-hand-side of the folio, the illustration accompanied by two lines of black ink Devanagari script against a bright ochre ground at the top, set within ochre and (cropped) red borders, mounted, glazed and framed.
The folio 23.5cm x 38cm
35.5cm x 51cm including the frame
Mewar paintings often retained the horizontal format typical of early Indian illustrated folios, and the scene is divided into multiple registers in which successive episodes of a story are related. This school distinguishes itself for the use of a bold palette, story-telling quality and intense emotive moods.
Sold for £1,230
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED GITA GOVINDA SERIES
Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, first half 18th century
Opaque pigments and black ink heightened with gold on wove paper, the large horizontal-format composition illustrating a chronological band, typical of Indian paintings, depicting different moments in time of the same story, at the top Krishna and a Brahmin in conversation, below them a crowned king on a white steed, the same king shown giving audience to two courtiers and conversing with a maiden in a palatial setting on the right-hand-side of the folio, the illustration accompanied by two lines of black ink Devanagari script against a bright ochre ground at the top, set within ochre and (cropped) red borders, mounted, glazed and framed.
The folio 23.5cm x 38cm
35.5cm x 51cm including the frame
Mewar paintings often retained the horizontal format typical of early Indian illustrated folios, and the scene is divided into multiple registers in which successive episodes of a story are related. This school distinguishes itself for the use of a bold palette, story-telling quality and intense emotive moods.
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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