AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: BRAHMA WORSHIPPED BY A RULER AND DEVOTEES ON A MOUNTAINSIDE ‡
INDIA, MEWAR, CIRCA 1710-20
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper heightened in gold, with two lines of nagari script in black ink on a yellow ground above, trimmed on either side, the image displaying three different narratives starting above against a greenish background, four brahmins pleading with the god Indra, then against a red background the same devotees are seen accompanying Indra to worship Brahma who gives them some sacred text, finally against a brown background, the group takes leave, with one of the Brahmins lighting a sacred fire towards Brahma, a pond with Lillies to the right foreground
Dimensions
22.6cm x 34.8cm
Provenance
Private collection, Spain.
Footnote
For a comparable in the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, see accession nos. 70.730-70.747, and 60.394-60.413.