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SAKHI BRINGS MESSAGE TO NAYIKA: AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RASIKAPRIYA

BY ISA, BIKANER, DATED VS 1768 = 1711 AD
Inscribed in Nagari 'Kama...rasak priya raj mala...samvat 1768 shravan vadi. Gudraya uste ise mukam vikaner' on the reverse
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 7.25 x 5.25 in (19 x 13.6 cm)
Folio: 10.25 x 7.5 in (26.6 x 19.2 cm)

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The Motichand Khajanchi Collection

This painting can be compared to a collaborative work of Ruknuddin and Isa, illustrated in Terence McInerney, with Steven M Kossak and Navina Haidar, Divine Pleasures: Paintings from India's Rajput Courts, The Kronos Collections, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016, p. 97. The present painting bears strong resemblance to the treatment of the foliage and is indicative of the same hand.







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CLASSICAL INDIAN ART | LIVE AUCTION, MUMBAI
9 MARCH 2017

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Sakhi Brings Message To Nayika


 









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