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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: VILAVAL RAGINI As prescribed, the scene takes place at dusk as the princess gazes
LATE MUGHAL, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY into a mirror to adjust her earring in preparation for meeting with her
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. lover. She sits on the terrace of a palace, the marble walls of which
Image: 5 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12.9 x 8.6 cm); are embellished with pietra dura flowers. The painting’s margins are
Folio: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm) decorated with scrolling gold and multicolored arabesques. Compare
two paintings of the same subject: Marco Polo Gallery, Ragamala,
$10,000 - 15,000 Paris, March 1977, p.23, no.19; and Ebeling, Ragamala Painting,
Basel, 1973, p.59, no.C17.
Provenance
Guerrand Hermès Collection, France
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