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SIX 18TH C. INDIAN RAGAMALA PAINTINGS

each c. 1800, India, Gujarat, ink on paper

comprising:

a) an image of Raga Dipaka with red-skinned prince in a howdah on an elephant and two companions, accompanied by three soldiers on foot carrying rifles, 26.5 x 25 cm (10 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.) [sight]
b) an image of Ragini Maru, wife of Shri; with a prince and his wife seated in a marble pavillion flanked by a maiden on either side, all on a flower-like pedestal with two camels tethered below, 26 x 24.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.) [sight]
c) an image of Radja Gajadhar, with two carpenters seated above and a prince holding a trident in each hand, flanked on either side by a monkey, 26 x 24.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.) [sight]
d) an image of Raga Sindhori and Raga Agar, sons of Shri, with two men in a swordfight on a gabled brick roof; below, a priest holds a diya and bell before an image of Vishnu within a green-and-red egg, 27 x 24.5 cm (10 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) [sight]
e) an image of Raga Kali, son of Dipak, the upper register depicting a man in yellow robes playing a flute for two roosters, separated by a pink band from the lower register of a man with sword, carrying a lamp and hunting Nilgiri tahrs, 26.5 x 25 cm (10 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.) [sight]
f) an image of Raga Shri Nath, with two pairs of acrobats, male and female, performing with a drummer, 26 x 24 cm (10 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.) [sight]

Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000

Result: $6,250 (including premium)

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