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Lot 150

An Indian Painting of Abhisarika Nayika, Punjab Hills, Guler, Circa 1800 約1800年印度旁遮普山丘古勒派細密畫《秘會圖》

Lot 150

An Indian Painting of Abhisarika Nayika, Punjab Hills, Guler, Circa 1800
約1800年印度旁遮普山丘古勒派細密畫《秘會圖》

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Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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An Indian Painting of Abhisarika Nayika, Punjab Hills, Guler, Circa 1800
約1800年印度旁遮普山丘古勒派細密畫《秘會圖》

India, Punjab Hills, Guler, Circa 1800

Opaque watercolor on paper.
Abhisarika refers to a nayika, or heroine, who braves the night to meet her lover. In this painting, the nayika moves across a vast golden field under a darkened sky, illuminated only by flashes of lightning. In Sanskrit poetry, lightning is often personified as the wife of the clouds, and here, it may symbolically guide the heroine on her journey. As she advances, she cautiously navigates the serpents that coil around her feet, adding a sense of urgency and peril to her pursuit of love. Similar compositions can be found in the British Museum, accession no. 1948,1009,0.138; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession no. M.71.49.6; and Christie’s London on June 12, 2018, lot 24, sold for GBP 10,000.
古勒畫派是帕哈里細密畫中的一支地區畫派，以印度東部帕哈里山丘的小型公國古勒命名。十八至十九世紀，古勒匯聚了一批極具天賦的藝術家，服務于上層王公。古勒臣服於莫臥兒帝國，雙方常以繪畫交流互贈，因此古勒繪畫受莫臥兒影響頗深。《密會圖》是這一時期細密畫中的特定題材，描繪女子深夜剋服萬難私會情郎，纏繞的靈蛇象徵艱難險阻。同類畫作參見大英博物館（藏品編號1948,1009,0.138）；洛杉磯郡立博物舘（藏品編號M.71.49.6）；以及倫敦佳士得2018年6月12日專場24號。

Folio: 11 1/2 x 8 in., 29.2 x 20.3 cm; Image: 10 x 6 1/2 in., 25.4 x 16.5 cm.

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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 107.

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107號。。

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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An Indian Painting of Abhisarika Nayika, Punjab Hills, Guler, Circa 1800約1800年 印度旁遮普山丘古勒派細密畫《秘會圖》

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An Indian Painting of Abhisarika Nayika, Punjab Hills, Guler, Circa 1800
約1800年印度旁遮普山丘古勒派細密畫《秘會圖》