A GROUP OF FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE RAMAYANA, INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1770
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GROUP O๊F FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS🎶 FROM THE RAMAYANA, INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1770
opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper
(5)
painting: 23.5 by 41cm.
leaf: 29.2 by 46.3cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not appl🐽icable to t☂his lot.
Acquired from the Royal Library of Mandi in 1969.
Ex-private collection, Germany.
Sotheby🅰's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 204.
The present group contains illustrations of various stories from the epic Ramayana. Pictured here is the❀ story relating Rama's pursuit of the demon Maricha who entices Sita in his guise as a golden deer, which leads Rama to pursue him.
Also included are illustrations featuring Parashurama's encounter with Rama; Rama and Lakshmana visiting the h🉐ermitage of sage Bharadwaj on the banks of the Ganges and Rama subduing the ogress Taraka.
For more illustrations from the🥂 same series, see Sotheby's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 159.