Krishna and Radha, North India, Pahari School, Kangra, early - Lot 180

Krishna and Radha, North India, Pahari School, Kangra, early 19th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting the god Krishna, blue-skinned and crowned, making an affectionate gesture to his lover Radha, dressed in a red robe and her head covered with a long pink veil. The couple are seated in the grass beside a stream. Mounted on an album page with fine colored borders and a gold powdered margin. Framed. Painting size: 16.5 x 12.7 cm; page size: 29.6 x 21.7 cm Slight stains, a few polychrome shifts, small repaints, laminated margin. Provenance : Sotheby's sale, London, July 11, 1973, lot 272. This painting is close in treatment and subject to a drawing in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (IS.392-1952) featuring the couple standing in similar surroundings. Paris private collection, lots 166 to 193.