AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A NAYIKA SERIES: VIPRALABDHA NAYIKA KANGRA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A NAYIKA SERIES: VIPRALABDHA NAYIKA KANGRA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Image: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (22.2 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (34.9 x 29.2 cm) Footnotes: The abandoned maiden has waited in the forest the whole night for her lover and now she starts to strip herself of the jewelry he gave her in disgust at his fickle behavior. Flowers are like arrows, fragrance becomes ill-odor, pleasant bowers like fiery furnaces, Gardens are like the wild woods, O' Kesava, the moon rays burn her body as though with fever, Love like a tiger holds her heart, no watch of the night brings any gladness, Songs have the sound of abuse, pan has the taste of poison, every jewel burns like a firebrand. - Rasikapriya of Keshav Das A nayika painting of similar format is held in the Victoria & Albert Museum (IM.72-1912), and another is in the Riboud Collection (see Isacco et al., Krishna The Divine Lover, 1981, p. 153, no. 157). Provenance Ellsworth F. Bunker (1894 –1984) Private American Collection For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing