PAIR OF INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS

RADHA AND KRISHNA IN A GARDEN
OPAQUE PIGMENTS
20TH CENTURY

EACH PAINTING IS EXECUTED IN OPAQUE PIGMENTS, PROBABLY ON SILK OR PAPER, WITHIN A RULED BORDER AND A GREEN LEAF-PATTERNED MOUNT. ONE SHOWS RADHA AND KRISHNA EMBRACING IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE. KRISHNA WEARS A TURBAN AND HAS BLUE SKIN, AND RADHA IS VEILED IN A SHEER SHAWL. BOTH WEAR LONG GREEN ROBES, AND KRISHNA LIFTS ONE HAND IN A GESTURE. THEY STAND BEFORE TIERED HILLS, STYLISED CONIFERS, A ROUNDED FLOWERING TREE AND A PAIR OF TRUNKS WRAPPED IN CLIMBERS, WITH A FLOWERING MEADOW IN THE FOREGROUND. THE OTHER SHOWS A VEILED FIGURE WALKING BESIDE A TURBANED COMPANION IN A GARDEN OF TALL, DENSELY FLOWERING TREES, WITH RECEDING HILLS AND A LAWN DOTTED WITH FLOWER CLUMPS. IN BOTH, THE FIGURES WEAR LONG, FINELY STRIPED YELLOW-GREEN AND GREEN ROBES AND THE PALETTE IS SOFT GREEN AND OLIVE. THE TWO ARE CLOSE IN COMPOSITION, SETTING AND PALETTE, AND ARE WELL SUITED TO DISPLAY TOGETHER.

Good, vibrant colors well-preserved with minor wear along the borders