Lot Essay
Previously sold at Christie's King Street, 24 April 1992, lot 9. Two other paintings from the same series were sold in the same Rooms, 8 October 1991, lot 40.
Details
Vibhasa Ragini,
gouache heightened with gold on paper, on a grassy plain beside an encampment, a noble shoots an arrow at a tiger as he makes love to his mistress, the couple, possibly Bas Bahadur and Rupmati, shown mounted on horses behind, green border with yellow and white rules, red leaf, mounted, framed and glazed, Jaipur, circa 1830, (negligible spotting and worming) - 25 x 32.3cm.
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gouache heightened with gold on paper, on a grassy plain beside an encampment, a noble shoots an arrow at a tiger as he makes love to his mistress, the couple, possibly Bas Bahadur and Rupmati, shown mounted on horses behind, green border with yellow and white rules, red leaf, mounted, framed and glazed, Jaipur, circa 1830, (negligible spotting and worming) - 25 x 32.3cm.
See illustration