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1207 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. CLAUS VIRCH

1208 AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES:
94 SOTHEBY’S SRI RAGA
INDIA, KOTAH, CIRCA 1770

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8 ¾ by 5⅝ in., 22.2 by 14.3 cm
folio: 10⅛ by 6⅞ in., 25.7 by 17.5 cm

A lord, holding a gold vina and seated on a jeweled throne
under a parasol, listens attentively to an bearded musician
perform Sri Raga. The music conveying a mood of majesty,
contemplation and meditation. An attendant waves a chowrie
( ywhisk) and holds the lord’s sheathed sword - both symbols
of royal authority.

$ 2,000-3,000

1207

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES:
LALITA RAGINI
INDIA, BUNDI, CIRCA 1770

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 7⅛ by 4½ in., 18.1 by 11.4 cm
folio: 11 by 8¼ in., 28 by 21 cm

A lord departs the bedchamber of his beloved at dawn holding
a ower-garland.

$ 2,500-3,500

1208

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES:
VIHAGA RAGAPUTRA SON OF SRI RAGA
INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, MID 18TH
CENTURY

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 11 by 7 ½ in., 28 by 19.1 cm
folio: 12 ⅛ by 8 ½ in., 30.8 by 21.6 cm

A lord, beautifully attired and nimbated stands in a forest
clearing leaning on a long crook. He gestures to his beloved
as she leans a long-neck stringed vina over her shoulder. The
branches of a slender tree enclose them.

For another folio from the same series in the Museum of Fine
Arts Boston see P. Pal, Ragamala Paintings in the Museum of
Fine Arts Boston, 1967 cat. 66, pl. XXIX pp. 64-65.

$ 2,000-3,000