Lot Essay
The verso bears in inscription, "Presented by J.H. Bridge Esq. by M. Durga Lahari[?] Sharma with best wishes for a happy new year. 18 January 1919"
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INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTA, CIRCA 1770
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A PAINTING FROM A RAGAMALA: BHAIRAVI RAGINI
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTA, CIRCA 1770
A female devote of Shiva dressed in pink robe with long plaited hair seated opposite musician holding a vina and a flower, three further figures below, one holding a manuscript, another a jeweled crutch and the third a pink flower, all seated in front of a wooden structure containing a shivalingam with female a devotee making an offering, set against vibrant orange horizon, inside black ruled red margins
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
9¾ x 6 3/8 in. (24.7 x 16.1 cm.), painting
11¼ x 8 in. (28.5 x 20.3 cm.), folio
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTA, CIRCA 1770
A female devote of Shiva dressed in pink robe with long plaited hair seated opposite musician holding a vina and a flower, three further figures below, one holding a manuscript, another a jeweled crutch and the third a pink flower, all seated in front of a wooden structure containing a shivalingam with female a devotee making an offering, set against vibrant orange horizon, inside black ruled red margins
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
9¾ x 6 3/8 in. (24.7 x 16.1 cm.), painting
11¼ x 8 in. (28.5 x 20.3 cm.), folio
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1970s
Sotheby's New York, April 1976, lot #165
Sotheby's New York, April 1976, lot #165
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