CLASSICAL INDIAN ART | LIVE AUCTION, MUMBAI (09 MARCH 2017)

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BANISHMENT OF THE QUEEN:
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A
MANUSCRIPT OF CHANDANA
MALAYAGIRI VARTA
POPULAR MUGHAL, CIRCA 1650
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Inscribed in Nagari on the recto and verso
Recto
Image: 6 x 10.5 in (15.5 x 27 cm)
Folio: 7.75 x 12.25 in (20.2 x 31.5 cm)
Verso
Image: 6.25 x 10.75 in (16 x 27.7 cm)
Folio: 7.75 x 12.25 in (20.2 x 31.5 cm)
Rs 10,00,000 ‒ 15,00,000
$ 14,930 - 22,390
(Double-sided)
NON‒EXPORTABLE
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
PROVENANCE
The Motichand Khajanchi Collection
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FOLIO FROM SAT SAI
OF BIHARI
MALWA, CIRCA 1670
Inscribed in Nagari ‘Vishad kadamb
tale militam kali kalusha bhayam
shamayantam / mamapi kimapi
taral tarang dhanang drusha man sar
mayantam / rase’ at the top
Gouache on paper heightened with
silver and gold
Image: 9.5 x 6.25 in (24.3 x 16.2 cm)
Folio: 11 x 8 in (28.2 x 20.7 cm)
Rs 10,00,000 ‒ 12,00,000
$ 14,930 - 17,915
NON‒EXPORTABLE
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
Jamini Roy recreated the narrative
composition and placement of figures seen
in miniature painting.
Jamini Roy, Untitled (Sita in Ashokavana)
Saffronart, New Delhi, 5 September 2014, lot 1
Refer to the same leaf from another Chandana
Malayagiri Varta dated 1684, illustrated in Karl
Khandalavala, Moti Chandra, and Pramod
Chandra eds., Miniature Paintings from the Sri
Motichand Khajanchi Collection, New Delhi: Lalit
Kala Akademi, 1960, fig. 102.
PROVENANCE
The Motichand Khajanchi Collection