AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: NAT RAGINI

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6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: NAT RAGINI
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8 7/8 by 6 3/8 in. (22.6 by 16.4 cm);
folio: 10 1/8 by 7 3/8 in. (25.7 by 18.7 cm) unframed

Catalogue Note

A heroic mounted warrior dressed in golden jama and pagri battling two foot soldiers within the rocky clearing of a woods. His bloody tulwar held high - one of his enemies already slain. Pairs of birds watch calmly and drink from a lotus-filled pond.

Refer to Pratapaditya Pal, Ragamala Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, cat. 58, pp. 56-57, pl. XXIV.