AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: KRISHNA AND THE DEMONESS PUTANA
CENTRAL INDIA, MALWA, CIRCA 1680-90
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache and gold paper, divided into three scenes, the top left depicting cowherds and an elderly sage on a green ground, the top right with baby Krishna being presented by the sage to Yashoda and Putana on a maroon ground, lower section depicting the giant form of the demoness Putana, having been strangled by Krishna being cut up and burnt by the people of Vraj, verso with inscription in black and red devanagari script with folio no. 15, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
Sight size 18cm x 34.6cm
Provenance
According to the Christie's catalogue entry, it was with Doris Wiener's Gallery since the 1960s and early 1970s.
Christie's, The Doris Wiener Collection, 20 March 2012, lot 266.
Christie's, The Collection of Paul F. Walter, 26-27 September 2017, lot 249.
Private UK collection.