Lot 72
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SRI RAGA
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SRI RAGA

HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1720

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SRI RAGA
Hyderabad, circa 1720
From a Ragamala, gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Sri Raga sits on a terrace surrounded by girls representing different deities while two more women wait on him, elaborate arcades above, gold margins between black and white rules, pink leaf, minimal flaking above, laid down on card
Folio 11¾ x 8½in. (30 x 21.3cm.); miniature 9½ x 5½in. (23.8 x 14.8cm.)
Provenance
Garabed, February 1964
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Lot Essay

This painting compares closely with 36 miniatures from a Ragamala series from the Johnson Album 37, all illustrated in Toby Falk's and Mildred Archers', Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, Delhi and Karachi, 1981, no.426i-xxxvi, pp.426-514. The present painting shares many features with this series: the slightly elongated figures, the bright colours, the Persianate treatment of the carpets and patterning, and the heightened sense of architectural perspective.

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