Lot Essay
Compare with a related leaf at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, see A. Poster, Realms of Heroism, 1994, cat. 102, p. 142, and K. Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, 1973, cat. nos. 43-47, pp. 185-88.
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Property from the Collection of Ariane Dandois
Two pages from a Ragamala series
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1710
Details
Two pages from a Ragamala series
India, Rajasthan, Amber, circa 1710
The first with a king seated in a howdah with his attendant on a grey elephant steered by a mahout, accompanied by male and female musicians, against a pistachio background with a golden sun above; the second with a prince alongside his white horse, being attended to by two ladies, with a forest in the background, both with text at top, all inside a decorated border
12¼ x 8½ in. (31.2 x 21 cm.), without frame (2)
India, Rajasthan, Amber, circa 1710
The first with a king seated in a howdah with his attendant on a grey elephant steered by a mahout, accompanied by male and female musicians, against a pistachio background with a golden sun above; the second with a prince alongside his white horse, being attended to by two ladies, with a forest in the background, both with text at top, all inside a decorated border
12¼ x 8½ in. (31.2 x 21 cm.), without frame (2)
Provenance
Collection of the Maharaja of Bikaner, 1970s (lots 9-12)
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