Lot 3
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An illustration from a Ragamala series: Ragini Bhairavi, India, Bilaspur, circa 1700-20

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

Opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper

Catalogue Note

A lady seated within a pavilion fondles a Brahminical bull, the verso inscribed in Devanagari and Takri identifying the subject. The bull, which is the mount of Bhairava or Shiva, is the identifying iconographic element in the painting.
Compare with a drawing depicting the same subject illustrated in Klaus Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, 1973, p. 276, no. 310.