29th Oct, 2020 13:00

Islamic & Indian Art

 
Lot 362
 

LAKSHMI MASSAGING VISHNU'S FOOT
Kangra, Pahari Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, 1820s - 1830s

LAKSHMI MASSAGING VISHNU'S FOOT
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Kangra, Pahari Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, 1820s - 1830s

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a beloved scene among the Vaishnava devotees in a palatial setting, the goddess Lakshmi seated on the floor in front of her enthroned consort, Lord Vishnu, tenderly massaging his foot with ointments, shyly looking at his foot and not daring to look at him directly, the multi-armed Vishnu holding his attributes (conch shell, club, lotus and chakra), absorbed in his thoughts and gazing the horizon beyond the palatial walls, a female attendant standing behind him and agitating a fly-whisk over the god's head, the scene set within white rules, and blue and red borders, the recto with an old collection's annotation Lord Vishnu and Sri Lakshmi, No 107, 29.4cm x 23.5cm.

Sold for £2,500

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