A PAINTING OF BRAHMA CENTRAL INDIA, BUNDELKHAND, CIRCA 1680

A PAINTING OF BRAHMA CENTRAL INDIA, BUNDELKHAND, CIRCA 1680 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; verso with collection stamp and single line devanagari inscription. Image: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (21.5 x 15.8 cm) Footnotes: Brahma seated at center holding manuscripts, lotuses and malas, flanked by two followers on either side, all in a temple activated by a red background and with a deep blue sky above. Compare to another page from a closely related unidentified series in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Poster, Realms of Heroism, 1994, p. 189, no. 144). Others were sold at Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 2015, lot 1126 and Bonhams, New York, 14 September 2015, lot 99. Provenance Tasvir Khan, Datia George P. Bickford Collection, acquired by 7 February 1964 Private Collection, New York, by inheritance Christie's, New York, 19 March 2013, lot 271 Private Collection, US On loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 7 February 1964 - 27 May 1977 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing