MUGHAL INDIA, POSSIBLY BENGAL, CIRCA 1740

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KHAMBAVATI RAGINI
Mughal India, possibly Bengal, circa 1740
From a Ragamala series, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the figure of Brahma with four faces dressed in a yellow dhoti seated on a silver charpai before a fire, with two ladies, mounted on card, verso with title in black in Persian
Folio 13 1/8 x 9in. (33.4 x 22.9cm.); miniature 9 5/8 x 6in. (24.5 x 15.3cm.)

Provenance

Zelig Gallery, Los Angeles, 1963

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Lot Essay

From a set which was originally dispersed by R.E. Lewis in San Francisco. For others in the set please see Davidson, J Leroy: Art from the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, Los Angeles, 1968, nos.136-138; and Christie's New York, 10 September 2000, lots 205 and 206.

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