Lot 641
Lot 641
FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA SERIES

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1780 - 1850

Price Realised USD 7,500
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USD 3,500 - USD 4,500
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FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA SERIES

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1780 - 1850

Price Realised USD 7,500
Price Realised USD 7,500
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Comprising Malasri Ragini depicting a lady with two attendants in a pavilion, inscription in black devanagari script in upper border identifying the raga; an unidentified ragamala depicting a couple embracing in a glade; Lalit Ragini with a lover holding a garland leaving his beloved sleeping in a chamber; and Ramkali Ragini with a lover holding the foot of his beloved as she turns away, the latter two folios with text in yellow panel above identifying the ragas and describing the scenes
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
10 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (25.8 x 18.1 cm.), the largest

Provenance
2012.020: Christie's New York, The Doris Wiener Collection, 20 March 2012, lot 299.
2016.008-009: Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 872.
2016.012: Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 873.
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