19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA, SITA AND LAKSHMANA MEETING DASHARATHA
Possibly Sirohi or Provincial Rajasthani School, North-Western India, 19th century
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA, SITA AND LAKSHMANA MEETING DASHARATHA
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Possibly Sirohi or Provincial Rajasthani School, North-Western India, 19th century
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal scene depicting Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana, the important triad of Valmiki's Ramayana epic, standing in front of a cave with a bare-chested hermit, holding a rosary necklace, and wearing the hair in the typical ascetic fashion with a knot bun at the top, wild animals like a tiger, a lion and a gazelle emerging from the wilderness behind the cave, at the top and bottom of the scene inscriptions in black ink Devanagari script reading '51... Kavi...' and 'Kaikeyi Bharatha Dasharatha', all characters from the same epic, specifically Dasharatha being the ruler of Ayodhya, the capital of Kosala, and the father of Rama, and Bharatha one of Dasharatha's sons and the ruler of Ayodhya during Rama's exile, perhaps the scene depicting the moment Rama and Lakshmana say their goodbyes to their father before starting their exile and journey, set within grey and red borders.
19cm x 27cm
Estimated at £200 - £300
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA, SITA AND LAKSHMANA MEETING DASHARATHA
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Possibly Sirohi or Provincial Rajasthani School, North-Western India, 19th century
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal scene depicting Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana, the important triad of Valmiki's Ramayana epic, standing in front of a cave with a bare-chested hermit, holding a rosary necklace, and wearing the hair in the typical ascetic fashion with a knot bun at the top, wild animals like a tiger, a lion and a gazelle emerging from the wilderness behind the cave, at the top and bottom of the scene inscriptions in black ink Devanagari script reading '51... Kavi...' and 'Kaikeyi Bharatha Dasharatha', all characters from the same epic, specifically Dasharatha being the ruler of Ayodhya, the capital of Kosala, and the father of Rama, and Bharatha one of Dasharatha's sons and the ruler of Ayodhya during Rama's exile, perhaps the scene depicting the moment Rama and Lakshmana say their goodbyes to their father before starting their exile and journey, set within grey and red borders.
19cm x 27cm
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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13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
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