INDIA, KANGRA, CIRCA 1810

細節

Two drawings of a ragini and a raga
India, Kangra, circa 1810
The first depicting a princess seated on a low bed and surrounded by attendants, all set within palace architecture, various towers and terraces and a landscape visible in the distance, an inscription in the top margin; the second depicting a prince seated on a low bed and surrounded by seven kings seated on the floor of a parapet, trees and rolling hills visible in the distance and an inscription at top
Pen and ink on paper
14 7/8 x 13¾ in. (37.8 x 34.9 cm.), the larger (2)

榮譽呈獻

Anita Mehta

查閱狀況報告或聯絡我們查詢更多拍品資料

amehta@christies.com 212-636-2190

登入

瀏覽狀況報告

拍品專文

The upper drawing is inscribed with "Ragini Kanadi [wife] of Dipaka" at top, the leaf number 30 in red at upper left, and the word for "night" in the upper left above the hills, indicating when the ragini should be performed. The lower drawing is numbered 48 in red at upper left and is titled "Madhava raga, [son] of Bhairava."