Lot 113
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: KAKHUBA RAGINI
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTAH, CIRCA 1760
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper heightened in gold, with four lines of black nagari text against a yellow ground above, depicting a barefoot nayika dressed in a blue, orange and gold robe, wearing strings of pearls, holding two floral garlands with three peacocks beside her, all in a vibrant and luscious green arboretum with palm trees, black margin line, red border, verso with cover-leaf, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
40cm x 26.5cm
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Footnote
This vibrant painting with the different species of exotic trees in the background is typical of Rajasthani painting. A painting from the same series was sold through these rooms, Islamic and Indian Art, 11 June 2025, lot 89.