THREE DOUBLE-SIDED FOLIOS FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES
NEPAL, CIRCA 1650-75
Opaque and transparent pigments on paper, the first, Bhairava Raga and Bhairavi Ragini; the second, Kolava Ragini and Panchama Ragaputra of Bhairava Raga; the third, Malashri Ragini of Megha Raga and Sarthika Ragini, the verso and recto of each folio with inscriptions in black and red devanagari script
4 ½ x 9 1/8 (11.5 x 23.3 cm.)
Details
- Title : THREE DOUBLE-SIDED FOLIOS FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES
- Year : CIRCA 1650-75
- Classification : Manuscripts
- Medium : Opaque and Transparent Pigments on Paper
- Dimension : 4 ½ x 9 1/8 (11.5 x 23.3 cm.)
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 27
- Price realised : GBP 3,250
- Estimate : GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
- Provenance : Private Collection, Germany *Christie's, South Kensington, 11 April 2008, lot 3
- Literature : C. Glynn, R. Skelton, A. L. Dallapiccola, Ragamala, Paintings from India from the Claudio Moscatelli Collection, London, 2011, cat. 22, 23, 24, pp. 82-89
- Exhibited : Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 25 January 2012 - 27 May 2012 *Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 22 October 2011 - 8 January 2012