Lot Essay
For further description of the ragas and comparable works from Amber, see K. Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, 1973, p. 252, fig. 231 and p. 255, fig. 238.
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INDIA, AMBER, CIRCA 1710
Details
Two paintings from a dispersed Ragamala series: Bangali and Mallar Ragas
India, Amber, circa 1710
Both with woman seated on thrones and backed by silver bolsters, the first holding a cup and trisula and speaking to a musician holding a sitar, and the second holding a vina and conversing with a visitor, each in front of a marble palace with lush trees visible beyond the wall, 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)
India, Amber, circa 1710
Both with woman seated on thrones and backed by silver bolsters, the first holding a cup and trisula and speaking to a musician holding a sitar, and the second holding a vina and conversing with a visitor, each in front of a marble palace with lush trees visible beyond the wall, 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