Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 212. An illustration from a Ragamala series: Kakubha Ragini, India, Amber, circa 1680.

An illustration from a Ragamala series: Kakubha Ragini, India, Amber, circa 1680

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, text panel with four lines of devanagari in red and black, gold border with coloured rules, devanagari numbering on reverse

27 by 23cm.

Spink, Indian Miniature Painting, London, 1987, pp.44-45, no.19

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