SARANG RAGINI AND A LADY OUT RIDING
INDIA, DECCAN, GOLCONDA OR HYDERABAD AND RAJASTHAN, KOTA, CIRCA 1700-1750
The first depicting an illustration to a ragamala series with a lady holding the branch of a tree and her sakhi playing a sarangi, set on a green background, standing by a stream with lotuses and ducks, within thin black rules; the second depicting a lady dressed in a gold robes seated astride a large white horse with red undercarriage and gold bridle, with one hand on the horse's mane and the other on the horse's back steadying herself as she partially turns around to take a cup from a female attendant, another attendant holds a gold drinking flask and walks in front, with on either side trees and set on a turquoise background with cloudy dark-blue sky, within black border with silver lattice design and wide red margins
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
11.34 x 8 ¼ in. (29.8 x 20.7 cm.), the larger
SARANG RAGINI AND A LADY OUT RIDING
INDIA, DECCAN, GOLCONDA OR HYDERABAD AND RAJASTHAN, KOTA, CIRCA 1700-1750
The first depicting an illustration to a ragamala series with a lady holding the branch of a tree and her sakhi playing a sarangi, set on a green background, standing by a stream with lotuses and ducks, within thin black rules; the second depicting a lady dressed in a gold robes seated astride a large white horse with red undercarriage and gold bridle, with one hand on the horse's mane and the other on the horse's back steadying herself as she partially turns around to take a cup from a female attendant, another attendant holds a gold drinking flask and walks in front, with on either side trees and set on a turquoise background with cloudy dark-blue sky, within black border with silver lattice design and wide red margins
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
11.34 x 8 ¼ in. (29.8 x 20.7 cm.), the larger