A PICHHVAI WITH SHRINATHJI AND GOPIS

Description:

India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara. 19th/ 20th c.
180 x 110 cm
In the main field the black and blue Shrinathji flanked by a pair of dancing gopi, above them four deities in barks with animal heads. In smaller fields to the side and above, the Shrinathji is shown in various festive attire. Below, genre scenes in front of a sanctuary in a landscape with Krishna, Gopi, priests and cattle. In front a pond with a blooming lotus and a surrounding frame with flower tendrils. Pigments on cotton.
From an important North German private collection, collected before 1980 - Wear, small losses