24th May, 2017 10:00
European & Asian Works of Art
77
A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA
A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA, PROBABLY BILASPUR, INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY
gouache with gold on paper, the first depicting Hanuman s fighters attacking the rakashas encouraged by Lakshmana the second Rama annointing Hanuman
22 x 33cm (image)
For other paintings from the same series sold in these rooms, see 11 November 2015, lots 196 & 197, and 23 November 2016, lot 159. Others are in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (see Joseph Dye III, The Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, London 2001, no.121) and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see M. Biardeau, M.-C. Porcher & A. Taha Hussein-Okada: Ramayana illustré par les miniatures indiennes du XVIe au XIXe siècle; Paris 2011 p. 245
Sold for £650
A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA, PROBABLY BILASPUR, INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY
gouache with gold on paper, the first depicting Hanuman s fighters attacking the rakashas encouraged by Lakshmana the second Rama annointing Hanuman
22 x 33cm (image)
For other paintings from the same series sold in these rooms, see 11 November 2015, lots 196 & 197, and 23 November 2016, lot 159. Others are in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (see Joseph Dye III, The Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, London 2001, no.121) and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see M. Biardeau, M.-C. Porcher & A. Taha Hussein-Okada: Ramayana illustré par les miniatures indiennes du XVIe au XIXe siècle; Paris 2011 p. 245
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 24th May, 2017
