AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: KAMOD RAGINI


JAIPUR, CIRCA 1750  Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Image: 7 7/8 x 6 in. (20 x 15 cm);Folio: 11 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.1 x 20 cm)
|Adorned with the lotus petals from the river, the lingam radiates before the maiden and her attendants. In contrast to the scene's formality and architectural precision, a monkey leaps between trees below a dynamic stormy sky. Three pages from this ragamala series are in the San Diego Museum of Art (1990.8.851, 1990.8.855 & 1990.8.856). Another page is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.71.1.42). Published Ludwig Habighorst, Blumen – Bäume – Göttergärten, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2011, p.127, fig.97. Exhibited Blumen – Bäume – Göttergärten, Völkerkunde-Museum, Hamburg, 17 March - 27 October 2013. Provenance Claude Boisgirard, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 20 March 1996, lot xxxxxx Private German Collection