Lot Essay
For another late 18th century provincial Mughal illustration of Varari Ragini, from the Johnson Album, see Falk and Archer, 1981, 350v, p.170, ill.p.350.
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AWADH OR MURSHIDABAD, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: VARARI RAGINI
AWADH OR MURSHIDABAD, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Shiva sitting on a deer pelt, surrounded by mountains, an attendant holding a lotus to his side, the river Ganga spouting from his hair knot
Painting 6 7/8 x 5 3/8in. (17.4 x 13.7cm.); folio 8 ½ x 7 ¼in. (21.7 x 18.3cm)
AWADH OR MURSHIDABAD, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Shiva sitting on a deer pelt, surrounded by mountains, an attendant holding a lotus to his side, the river Ganga spouting from his hair knot
Painting 6 7/8 x 5 3/8in. (17.4 x 13.7cm.); folio 8 ½ x 7 ¼in. (21.7 x 18.3cm)
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