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Leaf from a dispersed mansucript of the Gita,

Name: Leaf from a dispersed mansucript of the Gita,
Brand: [INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING].
SKU: 112941
Price: 5000.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with an illustration depicting a conversation between Sri Krishna and Arjun,

Stock Code 112941

India, probably Bundi, circa 1780 AD.

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An attractive manuscript leaf from a dispersed eighteenth-century manuscript of the Gita, containing the heading for the seventh chapter of the text reading 'Gyan-Vigyan Yoga, Namm Seventh Chapter'. The miniature, set on a beautiful outdoor terrace next to a running stream, shows a dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjun.

Single leaf, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Sanskrit, with illuminated miniature in the text, lightly rubbed, overall bright and attractive, unexamined out of frame, 205 x 115 mm; mounted and framed, Germany gallery label to verso.

Provenance

Provenance: Karl Vonderbank (late 20th century Germany gallery label to verso).

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