Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
A GROUP OF FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE RAMAYANA, INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1770
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GROUP OF FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE RAMAYANA, INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1770
opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper
(5)
painting: 23.5 by 41cm.
leaf: 29.2 by 46.3cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Acquired from the Royal Library of Mandi in 1969.
Ex-private collection, Germany.
Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 204.
The present group contains illustrations of various stories from the epic Ramayana. Pictured here is the story relating Rama's pursuit of the demon Maricha who entices Sita in his guise as a golden deer, which leads Rama to pursue him.
Also included are illustrations featuring Parashurama's encounter with Rama; Rama and Lakshmana visiting the hermitage of sage Bharadwaj on the banks of the Ganges and Rama subduing the ogress Taraka.
For more illustrations from the same series, see Sotheby's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 159.