AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: MADHUMADHAVI RAGINI
INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA, CIRCA 1830
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper heightened with gold, the image of oval form with polychrome and gold floral border on a black ground, a maiden is lying against a bolster under her canopy and being fanned by her maid, a storm is brewing in the hilly background with four white birds flying away in unison, two peacocks standing on the canopy roof, two seated musicians in the foreground watching the scene unfold, and two servants drenching a cloth, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
Sight size 20.2cm x 14.3cm
Provenance
Private UK collection.