Lot 72
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: VENUGOPAL OR MALAR RAGINI ‡
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, POSSIBLY JAIPUR, CIRCA 1790
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
gouache on paper heightened in gold, depicting Krishna dressed in yellow robes with red pantaloons, a gold and bejewelled turban, a long strand of pearls around his neck, stood on a palace terrace with a female musician to his right and a courtier offering a bowl to his left, a line of trees beyond the palace walls, red border with white and yellow margin lines
Dimensions
folio 25.5cm x 20.2cm, image 23cm x 17.2cm
Provenance
Formerly the collection of Katie Stoyka, San Francisco, California.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 12 June 1971 (as per invoice).
Private American collection.