The Sothebys sale of 30th April 2025 presents a rare opportunity to acquire a c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting with exceptional provenance & exhibition history attributed to the celebrated #Pahari #Artist #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh

Estimate £40,000-60,000

'Raghunath Pathania, a Holy Man'

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#Hindu God His wife Parvati & sons #Ganesh, Kartikeya and Nandi the Sacred Bull

c1745 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at Victoria and Albert #Museum, London

Probably from the family workshop of #Nainsukh & #Manaku (?)

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#Hindu Goddess #Durga fights the Bull Demon #Mahishasura as #Mahishasuramardini in this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Nainsukh #artist family)

#DurgaPuja #Navratri #ChaitraNavratri #HinduNewYear

Navratri ushers in the New Hindu Lunar New Year and the beginning of the year 2082 (also known as Vikram Samvat)

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Agony of a Dejected Lover
( #Hindu God Lord #Krishna)

c1780 #Pahari folio from Gita Govinda attributed to a 1st Generation Master after #Artist #Nainsukh from #Kangra or #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India on Sothebys upcoming sale on 20th March 2025

Estimate £300,000-500,000

Composition based on #Raga Gujjari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

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Gambhira #Raga

(Not navigating the rain-water logged roads in #Delhi after the #DelhiRains)

From a c1790 CE #Pahari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting by a Master of the first Generation of #Artist after #Manaku & #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh from the “Second Guler Ragamala series” now at #Museum Rietberg, Zurich

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Finally #DelhiRains & some respite from the sweltering heat (humidity continues to be very high)

In this c1760 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from the large #Guler #HimachalPradesh or #Basohli #Jammu Bhagavata Purana attributed to #artist of 1st Generation after #Nainsukh & #Manaku 'Lord #Krishna & Gopies Shelter from a Storm'

Sold by Christie's on March 20 for $50,500

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Happy #FathersDay to me & all other Fathers on #Mastodon

So, this lovely c1790 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting of Raja Goverdhan Chand of #Guler #HimachalPradesh with his Daughter by #Artist #Nainsukh & now at #Chandigarh #Museum & #Art Gallery

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My #Mother & Me in 1820 CE (ha!)

'A Woman in Red with a Child who holds a Now

This #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Chamba #HimachalPradesh from the #EdwinBinney3rd collection is now at San Diego #Museum of #Art USA

This #Painting is by #Artist Chhajju, who was the grandson of #Nainsukh of #Guler popularly known as Leonardo da Vinci of #India

Happy #MothersDay to everyone
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'Dancing Villagers' on #InternationalDanceDay

April 29th is celebrated as International Dance Day

This c1730 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting is by #Artist Pandit Seu (1680-1740) of #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Himalayan #Punjab)
Pandit Seu was the father of the famous artists #Manaku & #Nainsukh

This #Painting is now at #LACMA Los Angeles County #Museum of #Art USA

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Today #India celebrates #Mahashivratri #Festival, which is the day when #Hindu God #Shiva got married to Goddess Parvati

From the workshop of #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh this c1790 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra of Natanarayana #Raga will be on view from 20 Sept 2024 at #Museum Rietberg's exhibition '#Ragamala: Images for all Senses' #IndianClassicalMusic

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