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A MINIATURE PAINTING FROM A NAYIKA SERIES DEPICTING ABHISARIKA NAYIKA, GULER, CIRCA 1800
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A MINIATURE PAINTING FROM A NAYIKA SERIES DEPICTING ABHISARIKA NAYIKA, GULER, CIRCA 1800North India, Punjab Hills. Gold, ink, and watercolors on paper. This composition is a variation on the story of Abhisarika Nayika that depicts the heroine enduring the terrors of the night, snakes, and evil spirits to forge a path through the darkness to her lover waiting in the lighted window of the far-off palace. All within an oval panel surrounded by delicate floral scroll against a yellow ground enclosed within blue and red borders.Provenance: From a private collection in the United States. Christie's New York, 22 September 2022, lot 107, estimate USD 6,000 or approx. EUR 5,800 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).Condition: Good condition with minor wear, few small losses to pigments, some with associated minor touchups, and minute water stains.Dimensions: Image size 29 x 20.4 cm, Size incl. mounting 50.8 x 40.5 cmOf the eight nayika (heroine) love stories, the Abhisarika Nayika offers the most dramatic subject for painting. Despite a gathering storm and the dangers of a dark forest, the nayika is compelled by her desire to brave snakes, ghouls, and other terrors to meet her lover, knowing that the passion of their encounter will be reward enough for facing the hazards of her journey.For her unswerving commitment to love, the Indian poet Keshavadasa (1555-1617) calls her Kama Abhisarika:Serpents twine about her ankles, snakes are trampled underfoot, diverse ghosts she sees on every hand,She takes no keep for pelting rain, nor hosts of crickets screaming amidst the rolling of the storm,She does not heed her jewels falling, nor her torn dress, the thorns that pierce her breast delay her not,The goblin-wives on the way are asking her: 'Whence have you learnt this yoga? How marvelous this trysting, o Abhisarika!Literature comparison:Comapre a related Pahari school painting depicting the same subject, dated 1780-1790, in the British Museum, registration number 1948,1009,0.138. Compare a related Nurpur painting of depicting the same subject, dated ca. 1760, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.71.49.6.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's London, 12 June 2018, lot 27 Price: GBP 10,000 or approx. EUR 16,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A painting from a Nayika series: Abhisarika Nayika, Kangra, Punjab Hills, North India, circa 1820 Expert remark: Compare the related subject and manner of painting. Note the size (25.4 x 20.4 cm).Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's London, 10 June 2013, lot 24Price: GBP 22,500 or approx. EUR 42,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A painting from a dispersed Nayika series: Abhisarika Nayika, India, Guler, circa 1810-1820Expert remark: Compare the related subject and manner of painting. Note the size (20.5 x 15.5 cm).

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