A PICCHVAI OF SHRI NATHJI AND SARAT PURNIMA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY India, Rajasthan. Painted on silk, Shri Nathji at the center standing on a base and backed by a painted screen, flanked by two pundits and dancing gopis on either side, with laden trees behind them and gods and goddesses in celestial vimanas flying through the star-filled sky. Gopas and gopis at the lower left worshipping in front of a marble temple, Krishna teasing the gopis at lower right, white cows decorated with red handprints standing on the banks of a lotus-filled river at the bottom, 24 scenes of Shri Nathji on three sides, the entire painting with a floral border.

Provenance: From a noted Hungarian private collection, acquired from a private British collector.
Condition: Fair condition with extensive wear, soiling, losses, and tears to the edges.

Dimensions: Size 133.5 x 88 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related picchvai of larger size at Christie’s New York in Indian And Southeast Asian Art, on 21 September 2007, lot 316, sold for USD 22,500. Compare another related picchvai at Christie’s New York in Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art on 15 March 2016, lot 305, sold for USD 12,500.