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Lot 189

Bhairava Raga: four maidens making offerings at a shrine to Siva
Bundi or perhaps Datia, late 18th Century

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Bhairava Raga: four maidens making offerings at a shrine to Siva
Bundi or perhaps Datia, late 18th Century

gouache and gold on paper, red border, nagari and nasta'liq inscriptions in upper border, inscribed verso in nasta'liq script
333 x 248 mm.

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Provenance
Maggs Bros., London, Oriental Miniatures and Illumination, Bulletin 15, August 1969, no. 151.
Private UK collection.

The nasta'liq inscription in the upper border reads Pharavin, presumably an approximation of bhairava. The inscription verso reads Bharvin Ragini bozurg [?] Bharvan. The word bozurg in Persian has many meanings including 'great', 'elder', or 'old'. In addition there is the number 3 written twice, once in digits and once in both letters and digits.

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