Malwa 17th century
Patmanjari ragini: a female attendant consoling her mistress in a small pavilion
Malwa, circa 1665
gouache on paper, panel at top with three lines of text in nagari script, lower panel with stylised undulating floral motif, orange border, framed
271 x 146 mm.
Estimate:
£1,500 - 2,500
€1,800 - 3,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,800

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Collection of the late Linda York Leach (1942-2006).

    There is a similar ragamala illustration in the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA, which is the collection on which Dr. Leach based her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Sherman Lee.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art


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