AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SATSAI OF BIHARI: MEETING OF EYES
INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, DATIA, CIRCA 1770
£8,190
Auction: Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am
Description
gouache heightened in gold on card, depicting a couple conversing within a landscaped garden, with two square ponds and plantain trees behind, dark blue border inscribed in red and white in Devanagari script, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
Folio: 22cm x 23.5cm (8 5/8in x 9 2/8in).
Provenance
Acquired before 1965.
Footnote
Exhibited:
Wildenstein Gallery, London, 26 May to 19 June 1965.
1967-1969 Arts Council of Great Britain Touring Exhibition.
Loan to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, from 1994 to 2004, no. 70.
Literature:
M. Archer, Romance and Poetry in Indian Painting, Exhibition Catalogue, Wildenstein, London, 1969, no. 17.
M. Archer, Indian Miniatures and Folk paintings, Exhibition Catalogue, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1970 no. 14 (illustrated in black and white).