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Kedara Ragini, Mughal, circa 1700

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Dr and Mrs David I Elterman

Exhibited

San Diego, The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1959

San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park, 1964 

Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, 1968

Previously on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972-1974

Condition

Pinhole sized areas of paint loss in the lower half of the painting and two minor areas of loss on the upper edge, as viewed. In good condition overall. This work is unframed.
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Catalogue Note

This painting was featured in the 1959 James Ivory film "The Sword and The Flute"