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Worship of Shri Nathji An illusration from a ragamala series: nata ragini
Nathdwara, circa 1840 Bundi, circa 1685
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; within the Haveli, showing various Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; as the summer sun sets, the hero
vignettes of the preparation for offering a garland to and communal bounding on horseback engages a second foot soldier having dispatched
worship of Shri Nathji. the first, their swords no match for his superior blade.
Image: 8 1/4 x 12 in. (21.6 x 30.5 cm); Folio: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (24.8 x Image: 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.4 cm); Folio: 14 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (37 x 27 cm)
34.3 cm) $7,000 - 10,000
$1,500 - 2,500
The painting is from a dispersed set of a Bundi ragamala with pages in
Other pages of from a related series are in the Victoria and Albert the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Poster, Realms of Heroism, New York, 1994,
Museum, (IS.65-2006) and the San Diego Museum of Art (1990.837). no. 124), the Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, and the Metzger
collection in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich (Bautze, Lottosmund un
Provenance: Lowenritt, Stuttgart, 1991 nos. 31-2).
Private New England Collection, acquired in 1970s
Provenance:
Private Collection, New York
Acquired in Paris in the 1980s

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