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89 The painting derives from a set dispersed in many notable private
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: and public collections, including five within the Museum Rietberg,
BHAIRAVI RAGINI Zurich (Boner et al., Sammalung, Zurich, 1994, nos. 40-4). See
Hyderabad, circa 1740 the condition report for further references. Another was sold at
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; verso inscribed in nastaliq and Bonhams, New York, 11 September 2012, lot 77.
devanagari.
Image: 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm); Exhibited
Folio: 11 x 7 3/4 in. (28.9 x 19.6 cm) Art for Collectors, Cleveland Museum of Art, Fall 1971, no. P1374
$15,000 - 20,000
Provenance
Listening to his bare-breasted vina player and enjoying a foot rub, Doris Weiner, New York, 1973
the epitome of princely leasure reclines a under a silver moon and Robert and Bernice Dickes Collection, 1973-2010
stars. Gold containers of pan and wine lay within arms reach for his Carlton Rochell, Ltd, New York
indulgence – and yet his attention seems elsewhere, his head cocked Private US Collection
and his eyes alert as if triggered by the suggestion of an even greater
pleasure elsewhere.
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