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Lot 520
A POLYCHROME PAINTING ON COTTON, PICCHAVI
Estimated Value:
600 € - 1.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
North India, early 20th cent.90 x 122 cm
The scene is taken place by night with the stars and moon in the sky lightening the event of four emanations of Krishna standing on an octagonal pedestal covered with scattered flower heads, holding hands with gopies placed between the four, all elegantly dressed, lavishly bejewelled, their heads covered with a turban topped with a fan, flanking the platform are visible another six gopies playing music, the whole scene is set in front of a landscape with trees and a pond with lotuses to its front
From a private German collection, acquired from Siegfrid Doege, Munich, 7 April 1991; a copy of the certificate is available - Minro traces of age and wear
