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Gouache heightened with gold, Bengal, circa 1770.
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 240 - 2 680 EUR
2 290 - 2 750 USD
Hammer price
26 000 SEK
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Gouache heightened with gold, Bengal, circa 1770.
A prince listening to music provided by a kinnara playing cymbals and the vishi Narada, patron saint of music, playing the vina. Illustration to the musical mode Sri Raga. 20 x 13 cm.
Provenance
The artist Einar Jolin (1890-1976), Stockholm, and with his own annotation on the backboard: "Acquired by Einar Jolin in Bombay Febr 1934".
Thence by descent.
Exhibitions
Orientaliska miniatyrer. 'Oriental miniatures and manuscripts in Scandinavian collections", Nationalmuseum Stockholm, March -31st August 1957, no 191.
Literature
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, catalogue no 240; Oriental miniatures and manuscripts in Scandinavian collections (compiled by Nils Lindhagen in collaborotaion with W. G Archer and B. W. Robinson), no 191.