Lot 109
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: DEVAKARI RAGINI
INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, FAIZABAD, CIRCA 1770
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper heightened by gold, within a red border, depicting a Lingam shrine set in a garden with water, flora and birds to the foreground and trees behind, four bejewelled females worship at the shrine, one is seated inside alongside golden ornaments whilst to the right a second female holds up a floral garland, the other two females both hold their hands together in prayer, both are positioned to the left of shrine, one is standing whilst the other is bent over in prayer on the ground, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
sight size 21cm x 14.2cm
Provenance
Herbert Rieser Gallery, London, 1950s.
Formerly, private collection, Yorkshire.