The Guru Nânak and his nine successors, South India, Tanjore - Lot 62

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The Guru Nânak and his nine successors, South India, Tanjore - Lot 62
The Guru Nânak and his nine successors, South India, Tanjore, 19th century Coated, painted and gilded wooden panel depicting Guru Nânakassis in the center under a tree, his head crowned and nimbed and surrounded by his nine successors, a musician and another spectator, a birdcage attached to a branch. The scene is set beneath a poly-lobed arcature with gilded spandrels molded with floral motifs. Small square glass plates encircle the scene, highlighting the guru's crown, mantle and throne. 62.2 x 51.5 cm Some polychromy and wear, small missing parts Nânak Dev (1469 - 1539) was a great Indian mystic and founder of Sikhism, of which he was the first of ten gurus. A very similar panel is preserved in the Khanuja family collection in the USA and reproduced in Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja, Splendors of Punjab Heritage: Art from the Khanuja Family Collection, 2002, n°1 pp 24-25.
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