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KAHLUR, CIRCA 1750-60
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MALAVI RAGINI AND A MUGHAL PAINTING
Kahlur, circa 1750-60
From a 'plains' Ragamala, gouache heightened with gold on paper, a pair of lovers standing together outside a pavillion, a diminutive maid looks out from behind a curtain, black and white rules, red leaf, old trade label on reverse, edges reinforced, mounted
PRINCE APPROACHES TWO LADIES, Mughal, circa 1620 Gouache heightened with gold on paper, lady attended by maids in an upper room; below a princely lover, holding a flower, some wear, edges reinforced, laid down on paper, mounted
Folio 9.1/a x 7in. (23.1 x 17.7cm.); miniature 8 3/8 x 6¼in. (21.1 x 15.8cm.) Folio 8½ x 6¾in. (21.5 x 17.5cm)
Kahlur, circa 1750-60
From a 'plains' Ragamala, gouache heightened with gold on paper, a pair of lovers standing together outside a pavillion, a diminutive maid looks out from behind a curtain, black and white rules, red leaf, old trade label on reverse, edges reinforced, mounted
PRINCE APPROACHES TWO LADIES, Mughal, circa 1620 Gouache heightened with gold on paper, lady attended by maids in an upper room; below a princely lover, holding a flower, some wear, edges reinforced, laid down on paper, mounted
Folio 9.1/a x 7in. (23.1 x 17.7cm.); miniature 8 3/8 x 6¼in. (21.1 x 15.8cm.) Folio 8½ x 6¾in. (21.5 x 17.5cm)
Provenance
Sotheby's via Maggs Bros., December 1955 (first painting)
Sotheby's, 11 December, 1968, lot 116 (second painting)
Sotheby's, 11 December, 1968, lot 116 (second painting)
Literature
Mildred Archer, Indian Paintings from Court, town and Village, London, 1970, pl.19. (first painting).
W.G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, London and New York, 1976, no. 36, p. 64 as Sandehi Ragini (first painting)
W.G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, London and New York, 1976, no. 36, p. 64 as Sandehi Ragini (first painting)
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