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An illustration to a ragamala series: Madhumadhavi ragini, India, Amber, circa 1680

Auction Closed

April 26, 01:36 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, gold border with black rules and red margins, 2 lines of devanagari text above


painting: 27 by 19.5cm.

leaf: 30.8 by 23.4cm.

Two comparable illustrations from a ragamala series painted at Amer (Amber) the capital of the Kachhwaha Rajputs from the late seventeenth century are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS.78-1952; IS.82-1952).