Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
An illustration from a Ragamala series: Shri Raga, India, Mewar, circa 1690
Auction Closed
October 26, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
gouache heightened with gold on paper, black border and rules, buff margins with silver flecks, 3 line devanagari inscription
painting: 22 by 15cm.
leaf: 27.4 by 20.9cm.
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1998.
This folio comes from a known ragamala series that has been dated to just before 1700. For other pages from the same series see Colnaghi 1978, nos.51-54 and Archer 1957, nos.36-39. A folio from this series sold in these rooms, 20 Novemeber 1986, lot 95.