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A FOLIO WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA: ASAVARI RAGINI AND MEGHA [?] RAGINI
A FOLIO WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA: ASAVARI RAGINI AND MEGHA [?] RAGINI
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A FOLIO WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA: ASAVARI RAGINI AND MEGHA [?] RAGINI

HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1760

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A FOLIO WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA: ASAVARI RAGINI AND MEGHA [?] RAGINI
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each side with a panel above containing identification inscriptions in black and red nasta'liq, within gold, black and white rules and red margins
Recto painting 9 5/8 x 6 7/8in. (24.3 x 17.3cm.); verso painting 9 3/8 x 7 1/8in. (23.8 x 18cm.); folio 14 3/8 x 10 ¼in. (36.3 x 26cm.)
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

Two double-sided illustrated folios from the same Ragamala series as the present lot were sold at Sotheby’s, London, 24 April 2013, lots 74 and 89. Two further double-sided illustrated folios were sold in these Rooms, 17 October 2001, lot 191.

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