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A PRINCE ENJOYING MUSIC ON A TERRACE
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a prince and his consort listen to musicians on a terrace overlooking a lake, set inside gold scrolling floral vine border on wide gold-speckled brown margins
Painting 10¼ x 7in. (25.8 x 17.8cm.); folio 15¾ x 10¾in. (40 x 27.2cm.)
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This painting is possibly an illustration of a musical mode (Ragamala). This could be Dipak raga which depiction often includes an embracing couple listening to music. For a brief discussion on musical modes and their illustrations, please see lot 36.

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