A group of five illustrations from the Ramayana, India, Mandi, circa 1770
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October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
gouache heightened with gold on paper, verso with inscriptions in devanagari, flyleaves bearing folio number and Mandi library stamp
leaf: 29.4 by 46.8cm. (the largest)
Ex-private collection, Germany.
Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 204.
The present group contains illustrations of various stories from the epic Ramayana. Pictured here is the story relating Rama's pursuit of the demon Maricha who entices Sita in his guise as a golden deer, which leads Rama to pursue him.
Also included are illustrations featuring Parashurama's encounter with Rama; Rama and Lakshmana visiting the hermitage of sage Bharadwaj on the banks of the Ganges and Rama subduing the ogress Taraka.
For more illustrations from the same series, see Sotheby's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 159.
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