Gauri Ragini. A lady is seated alone on a hillock near a lake at sundown. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini gauri malkosh ki (Gauri Ragini’ of’ Malkos).’ 234 by 160 mm.
Add.Or.4-7, 27, 28, 30, 31 Eight paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954 and January 1955. Inscribed on borders w ...
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Add.Or.4-7, 27, 28, 30, 31 Eight paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954 and January 1955. Inscribed on borders with identifications in Urdu. Gouache with gold; on album pages with blue and red borders and gold rules; the edges reinforced with magenta si...
Lalita Ragini. A lover is departing from his sleeping mistress at dawn. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini lalit hindol ki (Lalita Ragini’ of’ Hindola).’ 231 by 158 mm.
Vibhasa Ragini. The lover is rising from his lady’s bed at dawn to shoot the cock which awakens them. . Inscribed in Urdu: ‘rag malkosh (Malkos Raga).’ 234 by 160 mm.
Ramakali Ragini. A lady spurns her repentant lover who kneels before her. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini ramkali hindol ki (Ramakali Ragini’ of’ Hindola).’ 232 by 157 mm. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 22.
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu
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Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954. Inscribed on slip of paper pasted to border in Urdu: ‘baz bahadur u rupmati, 36’ (Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, 36). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and red borders and gold rules, from the same album as Add.Or.4-7 e...
Vasudeva and Krishna. Numbered ‘f.19’ in nagari. 130 by 112 mm. Vasudeva arrives to remove the infant Krishna while guards sleep outside and on the roof.
Add.Or.9-14 Six leaves from a manuscript of the ‘Bhagavata Purana.’ Nagpur, c.1780. Purchased 1954. Each folio has three to seven lines of Sanskrit te ...
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Add.Or.9-14 Six leaves from a manuscript of the ‘Bhagavata Purana.’ Nagpur, c.1780. Purchased 1954. Each folio has three to seven lines of Sanskrit text in nagari characters in the centre, with two to seven lines of commentary above and below; vertical rules in gold, black and red; vertical ...
Devaki and Vasudeva. Numbered ‘f.21’ in nagari. 140 by 222 mm. Devaki sits with the changeling child, Vasudeva, chained at the end of the bed. The guards are asleep outside and on the roof.
Nanda and Garga. Numbered ‘f.38’ on reverse in nagari. 124 by 100 mm. Nanda welcomes Garga in his house, the two men seated on low stools within a pillared chamber.