拍品描述:来源 Royal Mandi Collection. Christie's London, 2 May 2019, lot 94. Keshav Das, a Brahmin in Bundelkhand, was the court poet of Raja Madhukar Shah of Orchha. He wrote his famous love poem Rasikapriya in 1591 AD. The Rasikapriya seems to have been a favourite with Kangra patrons. Several nayaka - nayika paintings from Kangra depicting Krishna and Radha, the ideal lovers, are based on and inscribed with the texts of the Rasikapriya. The style of painting and the colors employed by Kangra artists for these depictions of love and longing manage to convincingly convey the richness and sweetness inherent in the lyrical texts of Keshav Das. One of the ten states of love in separation, udvega dasa is the state when things, which normally give delight, begin to cause pain. The reverse is inscribed with a couplet from the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das, as told to Radha by her Sakhi: He is as different to the swans, as the clouds are to them; he heeds not the clouds, as the swans do not care to drink water from them. He does not delight in the sight of the moon even as the lotuses do not; he does not care to touch lotus flowers just as the moon avoids touching them. He no longer takes his usual stroll between the pool and the garden, nor does he frequent the lovers’ tryst where tala and tamala trees grow. How strange are those girls who, hearing of such a condition of their beloved ones, can manage to live even for a moment! (M.S. Randhawa, Kangra Paintings on Love, 1962, p.107). The now dispersed Kangra Rasikapriya series from which this painting originates is a large series speculated to have included as many as 200 folios. Several artists from the workshop of Purkhu, including the master artist himself, contributed to paintings in the set. There are now fourteen paintings from the Kangra Rasikapriya in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. nos. IM.74-1912, I.M.156-1914, I.M.157-1914, and I.S.43-1949 through I.S. 52-1949). Other illustrations from this series have sold at Bonhams New York on 19 March 2012, lot 1186, 14 March 2016, lot 107 and 16 March 2021, lot 338; at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2013, lots 311, 315 and 318; and at Christie's London, 25 May 2017, lots 74-78, 2 May 2019, lots 92,93 and 95, and most 26 June 2020, lots 9, 28, 30, and 67-69. Another painting for this series is offered as the following lot.