If you have $10,000 to spare you can pick up this beautiful and detailed painting of
Bhagat Kabir. To be auctioned by Christie's on April 13th. Here are the details
(you can view the painting in more detail on the Christie's site).
Kabir, the Mystical Weaver with
a disciple and young visitorSIGNED MANGAL CHATTERRA,
PROBABLY AMBER OR MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a prince wearing embroidered trousers and red turban, a sword and katar tucked into his belt, kneels watching a weaver at work, his loom before him and apprentice to his side, behind them a small hut and silvery lake with a palace on the horizon, before them another silvery stream, small gold signature along the lower edge which reads kalam Mangal Chatterra ka, small areas of staining, laid down between gold and polychrome borders on pink card with with gold floral illumination.
Miniature 9 x 6¼in. (22.8 x 15.7cm.)
