AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Bikaner, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 18th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting Lord Krishna receiving his Beloved in a courtly courtyard, the god dressed in an orange brocaded dress and lying onto a low bed, the two ladies standing to the left, one clenching the other's hand in hesitation, the latter introducing the counterpart to the god, a pair of peacocks on the top of the arched gateway and the freshly prepared bed in the upper right corner symbols of burning desire and companionship, set within bright red borders, the recto with 10ll. of black ink Devanagari script to the page, 20.2cm x 14cm.