Lot Essay
See lot 44 for further information on this and the two previous lots.
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Amber, India, circa 1710
Details
Two paintings from a Ragamala series: Bangali and Mallar Ragas
Amber, India, circa 1710
Both with a woman seated on thrones and backed by silver bolsters, the first holding a cup and trisula and speaking to a musician holding a sitar, and the second holding a vina and conversing with a visitor, each in front of a marble palace with lush trees visible beyond the wall, a panel with text at the top, surrounded by a silver floral border, the reverse with devanagari inscriptions, ownership stamps and Bikaner librarian’s signature
Opaque pigments, gold and silver on paper
10 x 6 in. (27.3 x 17.1 cm.), central panel
16 x 11 7/8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm.), folio
Amber, India, circa 1710
Both with a woman seated on thrones and backed by silver bolsters, the first holding a cup and trisula and speaking to a musician holding a sitar, and the second holding a vina and conversing with a visitor, each in front of a marble palace with lush trees visible beyond the wall, a panel with text at the top, surrounded by a silver floral border, the reverse with devanagari inscriptions, ownership stamps and Bikaner librarian’s signature
Opaque pigments, gold and silver on paper
10 x 6 in. (27.3 x 17.1 cm.), central panel
16 x 11 7/8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm.), folio
Provenance
Ariane Dandois, Paris, acquired in Europe 1973-1975, sold Christie’s New York 18 September 2013, lot 375 to the present owner
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