gouache on paper, depicting two figures on the ground and four in the branches with hooked poles to pluck the fruit, each figure labelled in devanagari script, thin yellow border ruled with red lines, mounted, 20.4 x 10.8cm
The figures are labelled as follows (clockwise from top right): Tejo, Padma, Shukla, Kaal, Neel and Kapot. The figures represent various states of mind, as represented by the differing ways they approach the problem of collecting fruit from a tree. The two opposites are the figures at the bottom, Kaal favours cutting down the entire tree, while Shukla is content with collecting fallen fruit.
gouache on paper, depicting two figures on the ground and four in the branches with hooked poles to pluck the fruit, each figure labelled in devanagari script, thin yellow border ruled with red lines, mounted, 20.4 x 10.8cm
The figures are labelled as follows (clockwise from top right): Tejo, Padma, Shukla, Kaal, Neel and Kapot. The figures represent various states of mind, as represented by the differing ways they approach the problem of collecting fruit from a tree. The two opposites are the figures at the bottom, Kaal favours cutting down the entire tree, while Shukla is content with collecting fallen fruit.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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