5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
296
TODI RAGINI: A FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1700
gouache with ink and gold on paper, the maiden depicted holding a veena in her right hand and leading one of three antelopes by a rope, inscription panels in nasta'liq on gold ground above and below, surrounded by a wide border of floral arabesques in gold on pink ground, framed, 22 x 14.5cm (image), 43 x 23cm (folio visible within mount)
Provenance: Private collection, London
According to Ebeling, this popular subject represents a song once sung by village girls to distract the deer from eating their crops. (Ebeling 1973, pp.60-61.
Sold for £2,400
gouache with ink and gold on paper, the maiden depicted holding a veena in her right hand and leading one of three antelopes by a rope, inscription panels in nasta'liq on gold ground above and below, surrounded by a wide border of floral arabesques in gold on pink ground, framed, 22 x 14.5cm (image), 43 x 23cm (folio visible within mount)
Provenance: Private collection, London
According to Ebeling, this popular subject represents a song once sung by village girls to distract the deer from eating their crops. (Ebeling 1973, pp.60-61.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
Viewing
Sunday 2nd June: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 3rd June: 10:00am to 8.00pm
Tuesday 4th June: 10.00am to 5.00pm
