Lot Essay
This painting is part of the same Ragamala Series as lot 206 and was featured in the James Ivory documentary, The Sword and the Flute, 1959.
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INDIA, MUGHAL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Folio from a Ragamala Series, Devgandhar Ragini: An Ascetic Visited by a Youth
India, Mughal, Early 18th Century
Depicting a long-haired bearded yogi seated on a tiger skin in front of a shrine and leafy banyan tree taking refreshment wiht his young desciple who is holding a red parrot, painted with gold and salmon colored border, nastaliq inscription on reverse
Image: 10½ x 6¾ in. (26.3 x 17.3 cm.)
India, Mughal, Early 18th Century
Depicting a long-haired bearded yogi seated on a tiger skin in front of a shrine and leafy banyan tree taking refreshment wiht his young desciple who is holding a red parrot, painted with gold and salmon colored border, nastaliq inscription on reverse
Image: 10½ x 6¾ in. (26.3 x 17.3 cm.)
Literature
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Collections, 1964, cat. no. 16
J.L. Davidson, Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, 1968, illus no 136
J.L. Davidson, Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, 1968, illus no 136
Exhibited
San Diego, The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1959
San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park, Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections, July 1964
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, 1968
Previously on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972-1974
San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park, Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections, July 1964
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, 1968
Previously on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972-1974