A painting from a dispersed Ragamala series: Kedara Raga

INDIA, CHAMBA, CIRCA 1690

細節

A painting from a dispersed Ragamala series: Kedara Raga
India, Chamba, circa 1690
With a man seated on a pink carpet against an orange bolster, wearing all white and holding a diaphanous yellow scarf, gesturing to a woman squatting on a blue stool in front of a stove and stirring a silver pot with further silver and gold vessels nearby, all within white marble palace walls with a brown background and high horizon in the distance, two cypress trees and two spires extending into the red borders above, with inscriptions and collector's stamp on verso
Opaque pigments, gold and silver on paper
7 3/8 x 4½ in. (18.7 x 11.6 cm.), image
8½ x 6 3/8 in. (21.6 x 16.1 cm.), folio

來源

Royal Mandi Collection, inv. no. 2485, by 1841
Private Collection, London, acquired at Sotheby's London, 24 May 2007, lot 1

拍品專文

This painting is identified by inscription as "Raga Kedara son of Megha" on the verso, however the depiction of a woman preparing food or huqqa for her partner is unusual. Comparably identified paintings usually depict an ascetic playing the lute and accompanied by other musicians and disciples. Another inscription gives the number "59," possibly the folio number in the series. As with lots 5 and 7, this Ragamala series has been reattributed to the court of Chamba, circa 1690; see lot 5 for further discussion.

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