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Lot 162*
A group of seven folios from a ragamala series Amber, early 18th Century(7)
6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,875 inc. premium
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A group of seven folios from a ragamala series
Amber, early 18th Century
Amber, early 18th Century
gouache and gold on paper, each with a panel at top with five or six lines of text in nagari script, orange borders
paintings: 209 x 151 mm.; folios 345 x 254 mm. and slightly smaller(7)
paintings: 209 x 151 mm.; folios 345 x 254 mm. and slightly smaller(7)
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Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s through Arthur Lall.
Private New York Estate.
The subjects comprise: Bhairava raga, Bhopali ragini, Patmanjari ragini, Megha Malar raga, Saindhavi ragini, Todi ragini, Gauri ragini.
Several ragamala sets were commissioned under Sawai Jai Singh (reg. 1699-1743). The most distinguished of the group, dated 1709, is held in the Kankroli Collection. Three folios from a less refined version, also dated 1709, are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (58.1.6-8). For a full discussion, see Asok Kumar Das, 'Court Painting For The Amber Rulers, Circa 1590-1727', in A. Topsfield, Court Painting of Rajasthan, Mumbai 2000, p. 50, nos. 9, 10 & 12. Compare with folios in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Poster, Realms of Heroism, 1994, cat. 102, p. 142) and Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, 1973, cat. nos 43-7, pp. 185-8; also Christie's, New York, September 21, 2007, lot 10.