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PROPERTY FROM THE LANIER COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE LANIER COLLECTION
A FOLIO FROM THE RASIKAPRIYA MALKOS RAGA: A FOLIO FROM A
OF KESHAV DAS RAGAMALA SERIES
India, Central India, Malwa, Central India, Panna, circa 1700-10
circa 1650
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper image: 13 by 10¾ in. (33 by 25.4 cm)
image: 7¾ by 5¾ in. (17.7 by 12.7 cm) folio: 14½ by 11¾ in. (35.5 by 27.9 cm)
folio: 8 by 6¾ in. (20.3 by 15.2 cm)
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Kaywin Lehman Smith
Oscar Leneman Collection Sotheby’s New York, 6 October 1990, lot 186
Acquired 1975
A couple sits against a bolster, exchanging
A lord (nayika) sits with his knees bound caresses within the brilliant red chamber of a
interrupted from meditation by the appearance of turreted white marble pavilion. A lamp burns with
the sakhi (con dante) of his beloved - delivering two distinct ames beside them. Attended by
a message. His chamber a brilliant cinnabar musicians and handmaidens. In the lush garden
red re ecting the emotional intensity of the below two white doves peck at blossoms in a
encounter - a rolled back curtain reveals them vase. A yellow panel above with text in black and
at conversation. He listens intently as she red Devanagari script. Compartmentalized within
delivers her message. A handmaiden stands thick white borders. Pink outer borders.
outside the chamber - attentive - holding a
golden tray. Within very nely delineated white- For related works, see P. Pal, The Classical
marble turreted architecture - the at primary Tradition in Rajput Painting from the Paul F.
colors of the adjoining compartments creating Walter Collection, New York, 1978, p. 114-5,
an abstracted visual counterpoint. The dark sky cat. 34, and P. Pal, Pleasure Gardens of the
is blue-black and in turmoil. The painting with Mind: Paintings from the Jane Greenough Green
orange outer borders with black ruled lines. Collection, Los Angeles, 1993, p. 117-9.
$ 2,000-3,000 $ 3,000-5,000
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