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An illustration from a ragamala series: bhairavi ragini Shiva and Parvati on a terrace
Bundi, early 19th century Bundi, circa 1758
Opaque watercolor on paper; with the rich vegetation and architecture in Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; showing Shiva in a yogic pose,
the background, the lady holding a trident with her right arm tends to the thumbing a mala and his three-quarter profile framed by a finely
blue lingam adorned with garlands and kalasha with her left. gilded halo, Radha with her hands joined in adoration, and the animal
6 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (25 x 16 cm) vehicles below divided by goat head fountain spout projecting from
$1,500 - 2,500 the marble platform; an effaced verso inscription offers a date of
Samvat 1815 (1758 CE).
Provenance: Image: 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (18.8 x 11.1 cm); Folio: 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.
Private East Coast Collection (28.6 x 20.6 cm)
Acquired from Graham Gallery, New York (label verso) $10,000 - 15,000

146 A closely related example is in the University of California, Berkeley
An illustration from a bhagavata purana series: Vishnu and Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (1998.42.213). Also see Kramrisch,
Satyabhama on Garuda Painted Delight, Philadelphia, 1986, no. 79, p. 86 from Malpura, dated
Bundi, late 18 century circa 1750-60, for a similar treatment of Shiva coiffure and the animals.
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; before a devotee standing on a Compare the treatment of the female figures in a ragamala page in the
rock mountain Vishnu sits with Satyabhama on a lotus-saddle on Garuda’s National Museum, New Delhi in Beach, Rajput Paintings at Bundi and
back, with wings outstretched Garuda holds the bows and arrows of his Kota, Ascona, 1973, pl. XLI, fig. 41.
master as they fly into battle.
Image: 8 x 6 3/4 in. (20.3 x 17 cm) Provenance:
$2,000 - 3,000 Private Northern California Collection
Acquired from William Wolff, New York, 1970s
Compare with another example in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
London (Inv. 378-1889) and an earlier version in the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, see Cummins, Vishnu, New York, 2010, nos. 28 & 29.

Provenance:
Private New England Collection, acquired in the 1970s

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