An Indian Painting of a Woman Chasing a Cat Thief, Punjab Hills, Kangra, 1800-1820
1800-1820年印度旁遮普山丘岡格拉派細密畫《逐貓圖》

India, Punjab Hills, Kangra, 1800-1820

Opaque watercolor on paper.
Depicts a lady chasing a tabby cat with a bleeding parrot in its mouth, holding a stick in her right hand and the parrot's empty cage behind her. The scene is derived from poetry, the parrot symbolizing the woman's lover and the cat symbolizing her rival. A similar Kangra painting is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. IS.140-1955).
岡格拉畫派是帕哈里細密畫中的一支地區畫派，盛行于十八-十九世紀末的坎格拉邦，進而散布到整個喜馬拉雅山麓。岡格拉風格的的特點是風景與透視自然，顏色柔和，線條細緻多曲，整體而言，較巴索利繪畫更具詩意。常見的主題是印度詩作和神話，以及山丘部族的族長與其家族肖像。

這幅《逐貓圖》看似表現仕女生活化的一面：灰色狡黠的虎斑貓叼走寵物綠鸚鵡，豹紋褲女子抬手欲打，状似怒極，嘴角卻噙著笑容，兩百年前的貓奴，於今別無二致。其實別具深意——鸚鵡象徵女子的愛人，貓咪象徵情敵。參見英國維多利亞阿爾伯特博物馆所藏相似畫作，編號IS.140-1955。

Folio: 10 x 7 in., 25.4 x 17.8 cm; Image: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in., 23.5 x 16.5 cm.

This lot is located in New York.

Provenance:

Christie's New York, September 22, 2022, sale 21866 Indian and Himalayan Art Online Featuring the John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, lot 109.

來源：

紐約佳士得2022年9月22日John C.及Susan L. Huntington夫婦藏印度與喜馬拉雅藝術專場，拍品109號。

An Indian Painting of a Woman Chasing a Cat Thief, Punjab Hills, Kangra, 1800-18201800-1820年 印度旁遮普山丘岡格拉派細密畫《逐貓圖》

An Indian Painting of a Woman Chasing a Cat Thief, Punjab Hills, Kangra, 1800-18201800-1820年 印度旁遮普山丘岡格拉派細密畫《逐貓圖》

An Indian Painting of a Woman Chasing a Cat Thief, Punjab Hills, Kangra, 1800-1820
1800-1820年印度旁遮普山丘岡格拉派細密畫《逐貓圖》

An Indian Painting of a Woman Chasing a Cat Thief, Punjab Hills, Kangra, 1800-1820
1800-1820年印度旁遮普山丘岡格拉派細密畫《逐貓圖》