LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

43.39 in. (110.20 cm.) (height) by 34.92 in. (88.70 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Provenance:

Collection of Prof. Herbert Härtel, Berlin. Sotheby's London, 17 June 1998, lot 203. Prof. Herbert Härtel (1921 - 2005) was the first director of the Asian Museum in Berlin (Museum für Indische Kunst), previously called the Museum of Indian Art (1963 -2006). An internationally recognized Indologist, he was known for his tireless efforts to make Indian art history into an independent discipline in Berlin. His greatest success came in the organization of the excavations in Sonkh near Mathura (1966-74