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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: VINODA RAGA
Lot 109

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: VINODA RAGA

BASOHLI OR MANKOT, PUNJAB HILLS, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Closed25 April 2024

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: VINODA RAGA
BASOHLI OR MANKOT, PUNJAB HILLS, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on paper, set within a single black rule and narrow red margin, inscription in black takri above, the verso with the black numerals '37', mounted framed and glazed
Painting 6 ½ x 7 1/8in. (16.5 x 18cm.); folio 7 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (19.8 x 20.5cm.)

Specialist note

Vinoda is the eighth son of Hindol Raga within the Ragamala of Ksemakarna. Another illustration of Vinoda from Mankot and dated circa 1710-1720 is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (acc. no. IM.66-1930). A very similar painting, probably from the same series, was sold by Artcurial Paris, 15 November 2023, lot 216.