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INDIA, MALWA, CIRCA 1640-60
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TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA AND A RAGAMALA SERIES
INDIA, MALWA, CIRCA 1640-60
The Bhagavata Purana folio depicting the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu, Hayagriva, destroying two demons whilst being venerated by three ascetics, the reverse with one line of black Devanagari script describing the scene "... hayagriva avatar daitya vadh," with folio number "11," bearing stamp of Datia state and inventory no. "4;" the Ragamala folio depicting Todi Ragini with a lady playing a vina in a forest, with a stag and a deer
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the larger
8 ¾ x 6 1/8 (22.2 x 15.5 cm.)
INDIA, MALWA, CIRCA 1640-60
The Bhagavata Purana folio depicting the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu, Hayagriva, destroying two demons whilst being venerated by three ascetics, the reverse with one line of black Devanagari script describing the scene "... hayagriva avatar daitya vadh," with folio number "11," bearing stamp of Datia state and inventory no. "4;" the Ragamala folio depicting Todi Ragini with a lady playing a vina in a forest, with a stag and a deer
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the larger
8 ¾ x 6 1/8 (22.2 x 15.5 cm.)
Provenance
77.187: Christie's London, 9 November 1977, lot 113.
2012.014: Christie's New York, The Doris Wiener Collection, 20 March 2012, lot 272.
2012.014: Christie's New York, The Doris Wiener Collection, 20 March 2012, lot 272.