Two paintings from a dispersed Ragamala series: Vilaval and Gauri Ragas
Two paintings from a dispersed Ragamala series: Vilaval and Gauri Ragas

INDIA, AMBER, CIRCA 1710

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Two paintings from a dispersed Ragamala series: Vilaval and Gauri Ragas
India, Amber, circa 1710
The first with a woman in blue seated on a low throne backed by a green bolster with an attendant holding a peacock fan, the second with a lady standing on a stool and holding a flower garland and fan to receive two musicians, each in an enclosed garden with trees visible beyond the palace walls, a panel with text at the top, surrounded by a silver floral border
Opaque pigments, gold and silver on paper
10 x 6 in. (27.3 x 17.1 cm.), central panel
16 x 11 7/8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm.), folio (2)
Provenance
Collection of Ariane Dandois, Paris, acquired in Europe between 1973-1975

Lot Essay

For further description of the ragas and comparable works from Amber, see K. Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, 1973, p. 249, fig. 215 and p. 252, fig. 226.

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