MINIATURE WITH KRISHNA AND A RAJA
Colours and gold on paper. Northern India, Kashmir, mid 19th cent.
A meticulous, detailed and dense floral pattern with plenty of gold, forming the border around a painting of the blue Krishna resting on a lotus and pillow, while holding a lotus blossom in one hand. A Raja with sword and shield in adoration in front of him. The background is the white palace wall.
SIZE 14,2 x 9,5 CM
From a German collection
These miniatures are from a manuscript of the Bhagavadgita. (The texts are in Sharada script) with illustrations of the ten Avatara Vishnus (with Krishna in place of Balarama)