Lot Essay
For a painting from the same series see lot 5.
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HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750 AD
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: KAKUBHA RAGINI OF MALKOS RAGA
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750 AD
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the lady standing and staring at a thin moon crescent, her attendant standing behind her, the scene set on a terrace within a walled garden planted with flower beds, laid down on cream and blue cardboard with double black-ruled gold frame, identified on the reverse as "25. Kawka Ragini of Rag Malkos", with later added notes in pencil, minor rubbing to the attendant's face, minor retouching, otherwise in good condition, mounted and framed
Painting 8 1/8 x 5in. (20.7 x 12.5cm.); panel 11¼ x 7½in. (28.5 x 19cm.)
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750 AD
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the lady standing and staring at a thin moon crescent, her attendant standing behind her, the scene set on a terrace within a walled garden planted with flower beds, laid down on cream and blue cardboard with double black-ruled gold frame, identified on the reverse as "25. Kawka Ragini of Rag Malkos", with later added notes in pencil, minor rubbing to the attendant's face, minor retouching, otherwise in good condition, mounted and framed
Painting 8 1/8 x 5in. (20.7 x 12.5cm.); panel 11¼ x 7½in. (28.5 x 19cm.)
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