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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A MAHABHARATA SERIES: ABHIMANYU PIERCES THE KAURAVA BATTLE FORMATION AT KURUKSHETRA
GARHWAL, CIRCA 1820Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold; verso with identifying inscriptions in white pigment for each leader of the Pandava and Kaurava factions. Image: 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (29.8 x 42.5 cm);Folio: 12 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (32 x 44.8 cm)
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After several days of battle, and Bhishma's death, the Kaurava army is now led by Drona, seen in his chariot near the painting's center. Drona arranges his forces into the almost-impenetrable "chakra" battle formation (Chakravyuha), which appears like a circle from above, as captured by the artist. Abhimanyu, 3rd son of Arjuna, and the most beloved of all the Pandavas' sons, knew how to break into a Chakravyuha, but not how to break out. Now that his arrow and his chariot bear down on Drona, is Abhimanyu trapped? The remaining Pandava factions, pictured on the right, have not been to follow him in, being kept at bay by Jayadratha, near the bottom center, leading the Kaurava's vanguard.The variance in scale of the painting's figures, and its open battleground devoid of floral exuberances, are idiomatic of late Pahari epic battle scenes. The painting most likely of the subsequent scene from the same series was at Sotheby's, New York, 26 March 2003, lot 129. For other examples in the series, see Sotheby's, New York, 22 March 1989, lot 168; Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1978, lot 180; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1979, lot 224.Provenance RE Lewis, San Francisco, 12 January 1979Estate of William and Josephine?Roth (1916-2014), San Francisco