17th Dec, 2024 11:00
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AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTING RADHA AND KRISHNA ON A TERRACE, KISHANGARH, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
India, Rajasthan. Opaque watercolors, gouache, and gold on paper. Finely painted with Krishna and Radha seated on a terrace. Krishna gently plucks a stray flower that has fallen on Radha’s hair as she looks down coyly. Both are dressed in fine robes and richly adorned with ornate jewelry. The background with four lush, towering trees under a dark sky with golden clouds.
Provenance: Galerie Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland, 1978. Collection of E. M. Rimmer, acquired from the above and thence by descent. The back with a certificate of authenticity, signed by Lia Kasper, dated 22 April 1978, confirming the dating and provenance above, and inscribed in pencil to the upper margin ‘1.8K’, accompanies the lot. Galerie Pro Arte Kasper was an art gallery in Morges, Switzerland. The gallery was founded by Georges Kasper (1908-1991) in 1965, who until then had been a curator at a Zurich museum. The gallery specialized in paintings and operated for four decades, run by Georges together with his wife Lia (née Forlani).
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.
Dimensions: Image size 30 x 22 cm, Size incl. frame 47 x 38.5 cm
Mounted and framed behind glass.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related painting of Radha and Krishna on a terrace, dated to the 19th century (after an original painting of ca. 1760), in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number IS.90-1954.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2013, lot 308
Price: USD 6,250 or approx. EUR 7,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Krishna and Radha on a Terrace
Expert remark: Compare the related subject and manner of painting with similar depiction of lush trees. Note the smaller size (23.8 x 17.2 cm).
India, Rajasthan. Opaque watercolors, gouache, and gold on paper. Finely painted with Krishna and Radha seated on a terrace. Krishna gently plucks a stray flower that has fallen on Radha’s hair as she looks down coyly. Both are dressed in fine robes and richly adorned with ornate jewelry. The background with four lush, towering trees under a dark sky with golden clouds.
Provenance: Galerie Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland, 1978. Collection of E. M. Rimmer, acquired from the above and thence by descent. The back with a certificate of authenticity, signed by Lia Kasper, dated 22 April 1978, confirming the dating and provenance above, and inscribed in pencil to the upper margin ‘1.8K’, accompanies the lot. Galerie Pro Arte Kasper was an art gallery in Morges, Switzerland. The gallery was founded by Georges Kasper (1908-1991) in 1965, who until then had been a curator at a Zurich museum. The gallery specialized in paintings and operated for four decades, run by Georges together with his wife Lia (née Forlani).
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.
Dimensions: Image size 30 x 22 cm, Size incl. frame 47 x 38.5 cm
Mounted and framed behind glass.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related painting of Radha and Krishna on a terrace, dated to the 19th century (after an original painting of ca. 1760), in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number IS.90-1954.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2013, lot 308
Price: USD 6,250 or approx. EUR 7,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Krishna and Radha on a Terrace
Expert remark: Compare the related subject and manner of painting with similar depiction of lush trees. Note the smaller size (23.8 x 17.2 cm).
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