AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BARAMASA SERIES

BIKANER, INDIA, CIRCA 1720

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BARAMASA SERIES
BIKANER, INDIA, CIRCA 1720
Opaque pigments and gold and silver on paper, a prince wearing
yellow and pink striped robes, stands before a pavilion housing a princess and her maidservant, a tiled terrace with fountain and flowerbeds and a hilly horizon behind, some staining, laid down between silver and yellow minor borders on wide red margins, the reverse with a single line of black devanagari script and a sketch of an erotic scene in pencil, various stamps from the Maharaja of Bikaner

Painting 7¼ x 5½in. (18.2 x 14cm.)

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The library of the Maharaja of Bikaner

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Baramasa literally translates to the 'Twelve Months' and
illustrates the calendrical text describing the romantic attributes of each month. This month is likely to be Magasane (early winter).