Two baramasa illustrations,

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Two baramasa illustrations,
gouache heightened with gold on paper, the first representing the month of Magh (Jan.-Feb.), showing a noble and lady standing together on a carpet in a courtyard, he holds a flower, she holds a tray of refreshment, in the trees behind sit a peacock and parrot, inscribed above 'maha'; the second showing the month of Phalgun (Feb.-Mar.), a noble and lady stand together on a terrace, a holi syringe and coloured powder flask on the ground beside them, while in the sky above various figures float near a flaming orb representing the goddess Holika being burned, yellow border with black rules, verso of each with black devangari text (a doha and a chaupai), Jodhpur, circa 1800, (light spotting and flaking) - 25 x 15.3cm.
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This lot is illustrated on page 54 but the illustration is not numbered

Lot Essay

The noble in the sky of the second picture (with ladise behind him) may possibly be the patron of the Baramasa set.
A similar Jodhpur Baramasa illustration is in the National Museum of New Delhi, dated 1750-75. (O.P.Sharma, Indian Minaiture Painting, Biblioteque Royal Albert 1er 1994, pl.68, cat.66)

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