TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES : GUNAKALI RAGINI AND RAGA MALKOS
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1700
The first depicting a lady seated in a courtyard eating paan, facing two musicians playing a drum and sitar, an attendant with a peacock feather fan behind, the reverse with inscriptions in black devanagari and nasta'liq script (jaitsri); the second depicting a lord giving paan to a lady, two attendants with a fan and flywhisk behind them, 2 lines of devanagari above on yellow ground, the reverse with an inscription in black devanagari script to upper left (malkos raga)
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
12 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (31 x 24 cm.)
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES : GUNAKALI RAGINI AND RAGA MALKOS
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1700
The first depicting a lady seated in a courtyard eating paan, facing two musicians playing a drum and sitar, an attendant with a peacock feather fan behind, the reverse with inscriptions in black devanagari and nasta'liq script (jaitsri); the second depicting a lord giving paan to a lady, two attendants with a fan and flywhisk behind them, 2 lines of devanagari above on yellow ground, the reverse with an inscription in black devanagari script to upper left (malkos raga)
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
12 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (31 x 24 cm.)
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