Property from the Paul F. Walter Collection
An illustration to a ragamala series: Sarangi ragini
Lucknow, late 18th century
The female ascetic seated on a tiger sking rug and her companion are seated outside their small hermitage listening to three female musicians playing the vina, drum and cymbals before a receding landscape.
Image: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (18.4 x 12.1 cm.) Folio: 10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm.)
The female ascetic seated on a tiger sking rug and her companion are seated outside their small hermitage listening to three female musicians playing the vina, drum and cymbals before a receding landscape.
Image: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (18.4 x 12.1 cm.) Folio: 10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm.)
Sold for
US$ 3,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Compare with closely related compositions and the refined detail in a ragamala series by Ghulam Reza in the Indian Office Library, see Markell and Gude, Lucknow, 2010, nos. 139 and 140, p. 183.
Provenance:
Acquired from Doris Wiener, 1986
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Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art
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