ID 828620
Lot 84 | MALKOS RAGA
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
SIROHI, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1690-1700
An illustration from a Ragamala, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set between white rules with an orange margin and gold outer border, with inscription in black devanagari above, the reverse plain
Painting 8 5/8 x 5 7/8in. (22 x 15cm.); folio 10 7/8 x 8in. (27.8 x 20.5cm.)
Literature
L.V. Habighorst, L. Reichart, P.A. and V. Sharma, Love for Pleasure: Betel, Tobacco, Wine and Drugs in Indian Miniatures, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007. Published in German as Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, Wein und Rauschdrogen in indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, fig. 19
L.V. Habighorst, Blumen - Bäume - Göttergärten in indischen Miniaturen, Koblenz, 2011, fig. 35
Indian Paintings, Francesca Galloway Exhibition Catalogue, London, 2019, no. 23
Exhibited
'Genuss und Rausch - Betel, Tabak, Wein, Hasch und Opium in der indischen Malerei', Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 12 January-2 May 2010
'Blumen - Bäume - Göttergärten - Indische Malerei aus sechs Jahrhunderten', Hamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg, 17 March-27 October 2013
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