An Indian narrative scroll painting, West Bengal Province, 19th century, depicting the Hindu legend of the life of Savitri and her husband Satyavan, pigments on paper, 410 x 50 cm. Provenance: Christie's New York, March 20, 2012, The Doris Wiener Collection, lot 343., The Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, circa 1970, Note: This religious scroll painting or Pata from the Midnapur district in West Bengal was used by an itinerant storyteller or patua, who would slowly unfurl it during his performance., The scroll is painted ina sequence of nine panels or registers against red backgrounds, separated by yellow borders, and depicts the story of the princess Savitri and her husband Satyavan, one of the most renowned and much loved tales of India.
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