Lot Essay
The inscription on the reverse in takri translates: On the bed of pleasure Gaur raga is asleep, his feet are being caressed by a lotus-facedd girl, the third son of Sri Raga by name Gaur.
This is one of a series of Ragamala paintings which Archer at first attributed possibly to Bilaspur. One of them however depicts the raga clearly with the face of Raja Man Dhata (r.1661-1700) of Nurpur, thus enabling the series to be re-attributed there.
This is one of a series of Ragamala paintings which Archer at first attributed possibly to Bilaspur. One of them however depicts the raga clearly with the face of Raja Man Dhata (r.1661-1700) of Nurpur, thus enabling the series to be re-attributed there.