ID 727135
Lot 89 | RAGA NATA THE FIRST SON OF RAGA MEGH (NATRAGA MEGHRAGA KA PRATHAM PUTRA)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL OR BIKANER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1610-20
An illustration to the earliest Kshemakarna Ragamala series, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, within black rules and cream margins, 2ll. black devanagari above, further inscriptions in black devanagari and pencil, the reverse plain
Painting 5 x 7 3⁄4in. (12.7 x 19.8cm.); folio 8 5⁄8 x 11 3⁄4in. (22 x 29.9cm.)
Provenance
Private collection of David Swope, New York
Stair Galleries New York, 17 May 2019, lot 83
Literature
Ludwig V. Habighorst, Moghul Ragamala: Gemalte indische Tonfolgen und Dichtung des Kshemakarna, Berlin, 2006, p.47
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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