Lot Essay
For another painting of the same series see lot 6.
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HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750 AD
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750 AD
Opaque and transparent pigments and gold on paper, depicting two ladies holding lotus flowers, one plucking petals, probably waiting for a lover to return, pavilions, terraces and flower beds in the background, laid down on blue cardboard between double black-ruled gold frame, identification on the reverse as "22. Jalsiri (?) ragini of Raga Hindol", various later added notes in pencil, damage, waterstaining, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 8 1/8 x 5in. (20.7 x 12.6cm.); panel 12 x 8 5/8in. (30.5 x 21.7cm.)
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750 AD
Opaque and transparent pigments and gold on paper, depicting two ladies holding lotus flowers, one plucking petals, probably waiting for a lover to return, pavilions, terraces and flower beds in the background, laid down on blue cardboard between double black-ruled gold frame, identification on the reverse as "22. Jalsiri (?) ragini of Raga Hindol", various later added notes in pencil, damage, waterstaining, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 8 1/8 x 5in. (20.7 x 12.6cm.); panel 12 x 8 5/8in. (30.5 x 21.7cm.)
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