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Lot 68

A folio from the Mewari Sakunavali (BOOK OF OMENS): A SCALE (TULA) OF WHITE MARBLE AND RED BOWLS SUSPENDED FROM GOLDEN CHAINS
Mewar, circa 1720

30 March 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A folio from the Mewari Sakunavali (BOOK OF OMENS): A SCALE (TULA) OF WHITE MARBLE AND RED BOWLS SUSPENDED FROM GOLDEN CHAINS
Mewar, circa 1720

gouache and gold on paper, yellow panel at top with two lines of text in nagari script and the numeral 33, red border
257 x 212 mm.

Footnotes

The text reads as follows: Arthanashmanirvana/ virodhavyadhisambhava/ shokasantayahaanishva/ tularupamvinirdishotu/ 33/ neshta/ gaon 4 (keemat 9).
'Destruction and negative events possible, grief and danger to offspring, [all these] a pair of scales indicate/ 33/ an undesirable omen ([in a different hand] value 9)'.

See note to previous lot.

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