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An illustration from a ragamala series: dhanasri ragini Bilaspur, circa 1740 image 1
An illustration from a ragamala series: dhanasri ragini Bilaspur, circa 1740 image 2
Lot 109

An illustration from a ragamala series: dhanasri ragini
Bilaspur, circa 1740

17 March 2014, 13:00 EDT
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An illustration from a ragamala series: dhanasri ragini

Bilaspur, circa 1740
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the maiden with an earnest expression dips her delicate brush into the small ink pot before her, with a near complete portrait of her absent lover tenderly held in the other hand, the attendant behind works a fly-whisk with a rippling tail and another bows in obesiance on a layered carpet, the maiden's forlorn mood is exaggerated by the drooping saplings behind, while an alert spotted cat watches over the covered food and wine bottles.
Image: 10 x 6 7/8 in. (25.4 x 17.5 cm)

Footnotes

The presence of the cat in the composition appears to be a popular convention employed by the Bilaspur artists in the early 18th century (see Archer, Indian Paintings in the Punjab Hills, Vol. II, London, 1972, pp. 176- 81, nos. 18i, 24, and 33ii).

Published:
Stansilaw Czuma, Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975, no. 112

Exhibited:
"Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection", 16 December 1976 - 13 February 1977, Cleveland Museum of Art; University of Texas, Austin; University of Illinois, Champaign; Fogg Art Museum, Boston; University of Florida, Gainesville; Phoenix Art Museum; University of California, Berkeley; University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Provenance:
George Bickford Collection before 1975
Ralph and Catherine Benkaim Collection
E W Art, Pasadena, 2005
Private U.S. Collection

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