AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: MALKOS RAGA
DECCAN, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, Krishna is seated on a throne and attended by women, music is played, the scene moonlit, a palace in the background, with pink card borders with gold floral illumination, identified in Urdu at top
Painting 26.3 x 15cm.; folio 43.4 x 23.5cm.
Lot Essay
This page is from the same ragamala series and album as lot 205 in this sale.
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