An Illustration from a Ragamala Series, Desakhya Ragini

INDIA, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1760

Details

An Illustration from a Ragamala Series, Desakhya Ragini
India, Jaipur, circa 1760
Depicting wrestlers, acrobats and musicians performing against a gray and green ground with a panel of flowers above, surmounted by a yellow cartouche bearing a five-line inscription; surrounded by black and white rules and a red painted border
Folio: 11½ x 8 3/8 in. (29.1 x 21.1 cm.)

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 27 March, 1973, lot 81.

Literature

Oriental Miniatures and Illumination Bulletin No. 22, Maggs Bros., Ltd., March 1974, cat. no. 86.

Lot Essay

This painting was part of a series of 36 Ragamala miniatures sold at Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1973, lots 65-100. Whereas Ragamala series in this style were formerly assigned to Central India, they are now acknowledged to be from Jaipur. For another comparable series see K. Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, Basel, 1973, sets 51-64, pp. 22, 190-191.

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