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An illustration from a ragamala series An illustration from a ragamala series: An illustration from a ragamala series:
North Deccan, first quarter of the 17th century ragini of dipak raga madhumadhvi ragini
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; a young North Deccan, first quarter of 17th century Aurangabad, Deccan, circa 1680-1700
prince is held by the wrists by his maiden as he Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; with Opaque watercolor and gold on paper;
tries to flee the bed chamber, she admonishes a prince holding a spear outside a pavilion, sheltered from the downpour under a tree, two
him for offering a single gold bracelet as which has a bed prepared in an upper attendants try to sooth the distressed maiden
penance for his early departure. chamber; a panel at top with two lines of with lightening streaking through the sky and
Image: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (26 x 21 cm); Folio: 13 ragamala text in devanagari. peacocks dance around them.
x 10 5/8 in. (33 x 27 cm) Image: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (28 x 21.2 cm) Image: 10 x 7 1/2 in. (26 x 18.5 cm); Folio: 15 x
$10,000 - 15,000 $10,000 - 15,000 10 1/4 in. (38 x 26 cm)
$5,000 - 8,000
This page from an unpublished series of ragamala This page from an unpublished series of ragamala
illustrations belongs stylistically to those series illustrations belongs stylistically to those series For pages from the same series in the Walter’s
associated with the Northern Deccan. From the associated with the Northern Deccan. From the Art Museum (W.905), see Pal, Desire and
surviving pages of various sets it is apparent that surviving pages of various sets it is apparent that Devotion, 2001, p. 181 and another in the
a tradition of Hindu illustration existed outside a tradition of Hindu illustration existed outside San Diego Museum of Art (1990.465). Also
of the hegemony of the Muslim courts of the of the hegemony of the Muslim courts of the see Sotheby’s, New York, 22nd March 2002,
Deccan. For an account of these related ragamala Deccan. For an account of these related ragamala lot 16 and Christie’s, New York, 14 September
series see Mark Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, series see Mark Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, 2010, lot 200.
London, 1983, pp. 40-59. London, 1983, pp. 40-59.
Provenance:
Provenance: Private Collection
Private New York Collection Acquired in Paris in 1980s
Acquired by the present owner’s grandfather in
Detroit in early 1960s
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