A PAINTED COTTEN BANNER, PICCHAVI

Description:

India, 18th/19th ct.
164 x 100 cm
The rectangular temple banner is divided into three horizontal panels, the upper one showing the standing blue coloured Krishna within a niche flanked by a pair of attendants, the broader central register with Krishna flanked by three gopis offering water to one side, a deity with an attendant to the other side, all placed amidst a green landscape, separated from the lower section by a band painted with flower-heads, the third scene with Krishna standing on a lotus-flower rising from the waters flanked by six cows and all three scenes set within a border decorated with scrolling tendrils
From a North German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Partly damaged and rest.