Lot Essay
For a related Ragamala series catalogued as provincial Mughal circa 1610, see Roda Ahluwalia, Rajput Painting: Romantic, Divine and Courtly Art from India, London, 2008, no. 6, p. 18.
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PAINTINGS FROM A PRIVATE DUTCH COLLECTION (LOTS 5-15)
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: VILAVALI RAGINI
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Details
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: VILAVALI RAGINI
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a lady gazing into a mirror adorns herself with jewellery in preparation for a meeting with her lover, set inside an elegant interior with gold vessels flanking the figures, laid down on card with black-ruled orange margins
Painting 7¾ x 5½in. (19.8 x 14cm.)
Folio 8½ x 6 5/8in. (21.8 x 16.7cm.)
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a lady gazing into a mirror adorns herself with jewellery in preparation for a meeting with her lover, set inside an elegant interior with gold vessels flanking the figures, laid down on card with black-ruled orange margins
Painting 7¾ x 5½in. (19.8 x 14cm.)
Folio 8½ x 6 5/8in. (21.8 x 16.7cm.)
Literature
Indian Miniature Paintings, Exhibition Catalogue, Amsterdam 1987, no. 2, p. 2