Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A lady visiting a Shiva shrine in the mountains, India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, circa 1730-50
Auction Closed
March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with brown margins
painting: 29.8 by 18.2cm.
leaf 35.9 by 22.9cm.
Waddington Galleries, London, 1978.
R.E. Lewis Inc., San Rafael, California.
R.E. Lewis Inc., San Rafael, California.
Waddington Galleries, Indian Paintings, exhibition catalogue, London, 5-22 December 1978, no.14.
A comparable depiction of Bhairavi Ragini, with a lady worshipping a Shiva lingam placed on top of similar rocks and the river Ganga flowing from the lingam, is in the San Diego Museum of Art (acc.no. 1990.78). Formerly in the collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, it is dated to circa 1721 and attributed to the Bikaner artist, Ustad Muhammad.