A FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA: DHANASHRI RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MALWA, CIRCA 1660

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A FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA: DHANASHRI RAGINI
India, Rajasthan, Malwa, circa 1660
A dark-skinned beauty seated outside and looking at her lover's portrait while her friend converses, both framed by blue, a bedchamber with a bright red background at left, with a dark blue sky above
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
7¼ x 5¼ in. (18.4 x 13.3 cm.), painting
8 x 5¾ in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.), folio

Provenance

Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, late 1960s

Exhibited

International Asian Art Fair, New York, March 1996

Lot Essay

The forlorn female pining for her lover passes the time looking at his portrait while her fair-skinned friend attempts to distract her from her woes. The bedchamber with its vibrant red background calls attention to her lack of companionship, invoking in the viewer the emptiness the heroine feels.

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