Lot Essay
For another painting of the same series and a brief discussion on the series of this Ragamala, please see lot 61.
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BILASPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1740
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: DEVAKARI RAGINI
BILASPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1740
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a lady sits cross legged at a shrine, worshipping and making offering at to a divinity and snakes within a white pavilion in the background, in black and red rules, with wide red borders, the reverse with inscriptions in devanagari script and further notes in similar script, mounted
Painting 5 x 8 3/8in. (12.8 x 21.3cm.); leaf 7 x 10 ½in. (17.8 x 26.8cm.)
BILASPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1740
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a lady sits cross legged at a shrine, worshipping and making offering at to a divinity and snakes within a white pavilion in the background, in black and red rules, with wide red borders, the reverse with inscriptions in devanagari script and further notes in similar script, mounted
Painting 5 x 8 3/8in. (12.8 x 21.3cm.); leaf 7 x 10 ½in. (17.8 x 26.8cm.)