Todi Ragini, illustration of a Ragamala, North India, Uttar Pradesh, Malwa, circa 1680 
Gouache and gold on paper depicting two standing women, the first with a vina on her shoulder. Both are baiting with a plant stem two caprids leaping towards them from a wood. The scene is surmounted by a yellow cartouche inscribed with three lines of devanagari and encircled by a red margin. 
20.1 x 14.1 cm 
Heavy wear and missing edges, polychromatic chips, slight filling.

This page is part of the same series as a set of Ragamala illustrations in the Cornell University Library in New York, such as page RM_B2_09_08, page RM_B2_09_09 or page RM_B2_09_14.
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Lot no. 298

Todi Ragini, illustration of a Ragamala, North India, Uttar Pradesh, Malwa, circa 1680 Gouache and gold on paper depicting two standing women, the first with a vina on her shoulder. Both are baiting with a plant stem two caprids leaping towards them from a wood. The scene is surmounted by a yellow cartouche inscribed with three lines of devanagari and encircled by a red margin. 20.1 x 14.1 cm Heavy wear and missing edges, polychromatic chips, slight filling. This page is part of the same series as a set of Ragamala illustrations in the Cornell University Library in New York, such as page RM_B2_09_08, page RM_B2_09_09 or page RM_B2_09_14.

Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
Todi Ragini, illustration of a Ragamala, North India, Uttar Pradesh, Malwa, circa 1680 Gouache and gold on paper depicting two standing women, the first with a vina on her shoulder. Both are baiting with a plant stem two caprids leaping towards them from a wood. The scene is surmounted by a yellow cartouche inscribed with three lines of devanagari and encircled by a red margin. 20.1 x 14.1 cm Heavy wear and missing edges, polychromatic chips, slight filling. This page is part of the same series as a set of Ragamala illustrations in the Cornell University Library in New York, such as page RM_B2_09_08, page RM_B2_09_09 or page RM_B2_09_14.
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