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SUFI SAINT
PUNJAB, CIRCA 1810
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 7.75 x 5 in (20.1 x 13.2 cm)
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
$ 5,975 - 8,960
NON‒EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
PROVENANCE
Property from a Distinguished Family Collection
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RAGA BHAIRAVI
KANGRA, CIRCA 1820
Inscribed in Persian and Nagari on the reverse
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 7.5 x 10.5 in (19.5 x 27.1 cm)
Folio: 8.75 x 11.75 in (22.8 x 30.4 cm)
Rs 10,00,000 - 15,00,000
$ 14,930 - 22,390
NON‒EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
PROVENANCE
Property from a Distinguished Family Collection
Raga Bhairavi
, an early morning devotional
raga
has been
a favourite of artists and musicians. It invokes the calming
notes of the dawn and is perfectly suited to the soothing
mood of devotion and spiritual pursuits. Set against
an undulating green landscape with a gentle blue sky,
two ladies pray to the
Shivalinga
under the canopy of a
beautifully rendered ficus tree. The tree trunk and foliage
seem to burst with life, suggesting the power that lies
within nature. Two bathers in the river indicate the process
of ablutions that lead up to the devotional reverie seen in
the foreground.