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A group of nine illustrations from the Markandeya Purana, India, Mandi, circa 1770

Auction Closed

October 25, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, with black and white rules, red borders, eight illustrations depicting Devi battling demons, one smaller depicting the sages Vyasa and Jaimini seated, the flyleaves with verses in black devanagari within floral polychrome borders and with Mandi library stamp


leaf: 30.5 by 38.8cm. (eight); 26.5 by 35.4cm. (one smaller)

Acquired from the Royal Mandi Library in 1969. 
Ex-private collection, Germany.
Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 203 (part of the lot).