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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALBIN SALTON
A Folio from a Ragamala Series: Kedar Ragini
INDIA, BUNDI/KOTA, CIRCA 1760
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A Folio from a Ragamala Series: Kedar Ragini
India, Bundi/Kota, circa 1760
Depicting an ascetic seated in a pavillion with peacock perched on the roof, playing the veena for a visitor, the bearded figure holding a rosary and supported on a gilt-decorated armrest, with ducks and lotuses in a stream before them and gazelle-drawn chariot above; with yellow panel containing Devanagari inscription and red borders
8 3/8 x 5½ in. (21.3 x 14 cm.)
India, Bundi/Kota, circa 1760
Depicting an ascetic seated in a pavillion with peacock perched on the roof, playing the veena for a visitor, the bearded figure holding a rosary and supported on a gilt-decorated armrest, with ducks and lotuses in a stream before them and gazelle-drawn chariot above; with yellow panel containing Devanagari inscription and red borders
8 3/8 x 5½ in. (21.3 x 14 cm.)
Provenance
Heeramaneck Collection, previously sold at Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1988, lot 54