NEPAL, CIRCA 1775
Opaque watercolor on paper
Image 13 ¼ x 20 1/8 in. (33.8 x 51 cm.); folio 15 x 21 ¾ in. (38 x 55.2 cm.)
Details
- Title : AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: KRISHNA RESCUES ANIRUDDHA FROM BANASURA
- Classification : Painting
- Medium : Opaque watercolor on paper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : CIRCA 1775
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 694
- Pre-Lot Text : PAINTINGS FROM THE ESTATE OF CAROL SUMMERS
- Lot Essay : Lord Krishna, together with his brother Balarama and retinue, attacks the palace of Banasura at Agnigarh to rescue his captive grandson Aniruddha, depicted at center constricted by a large snake. Blue-skinned Aniruddha has fallen deeply in love with Usha, the beautiful daughter of the multi-headed Banasura, who has forbidden the marriage of the young lovers. Another folio likely from the same set, depicting an earlier scene of the same battle between Banasura and Krishna, was sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 198.
- Price realised : USD 16,250
- Estimate : USD 8,000 - USD 12,000