Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF H. PETER STERN
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGMALA SERIES: MALKOS RAGA, INDIA, AMBER, CIRCA 1700-10
Auction Closed
September 22, 07:46 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF H. PETER STERN
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGMALA SERIES: MALKOS RAGA
INDIA, AMBER, CIRCA 1700-10
Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold
image: 9 ¾ by 6 in. (24.8 by 15.2 cm)
folio: 14 by 10 in. (35.5 by 25.4 cm)
Acquired in the 1980s
A young lord is attended by ladies and entertained by musicians in an open courtyard before a terraced pavilion.
The inscription above identifies the painting as a depiction of Malkos Raga. For another representation of the same subject, also from Amber and of similar date but with a slightly variant iconography, see K. Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, Basel, 1973, pps. 50-51, C13.