19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: SARANG RAGINI
Possibly Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: SARANG RAGINI
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Possibly Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Opaque pigments and white wash heightened with gold on wove paper, depicting a lonely nayika (female heroine) leaning against a willow tree, holding one of the branches in her hand, in the latter a white flower garland, next to her a red-headed white heron, the composition usually associated with Sarang Ragini, a recurrent iconography in Deccani paintings, especially from the school of Hyderabad, the reverse with numerals in pencil, set on a cardboard mount.
The folio 14.8cm x 10.2cm, 27cm x 23.5cm including the mount
Sold for £197
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: SARANG RAGINI
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Possibly Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Opaque pigments and white wash heightened with gold on wove paper, depicting a lonely nayika (female heroine) leaning against a willow tree, holding one of the branches in her hand, in the latter a white flower garland, next to her a red-headed white heron, the composition usually associated with Sarang Ragini, a recurrent iconography in Deccani paintings, especially from the school of Hyderabad, the reverse with numerals in pencil, set on a cardboard mount.
The folio 14.8cm x 10.2cm, 27cm x 23.5cm including the mount
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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Viewing:
13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
17th June - 10:00 - 17:00
18th June - 10:00 - 17:00
