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A FOLIO WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS TO A RAGAMALA: ASAVARI RAGINI AND MEGHA
[?] RAGINI
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each side with a panel above containing identification
inscriptions in black and red nasta'liq, within gold, black and white rules and red margins
Recto painting 9¬ x 6√in. (24.3 x 17.3cm.); verso painting 9¡ x 7¿in. (23.8 x 18cm.);
folio 14¡ x 10ºin. (36.3 x 26cm.)
£10,000-15,000 US$15,000-21,000
€12,000-17,000
Two double-sided illustrated folios from the same Ragamala series as the present lot were sold at
Sotheby’s, London, 24 April 2013, lots 74 and 89. Two further double-sided illustrated folios were sold in
these Rooms, 17 October 2001, lot 191.

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