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Bangal Ragini, from an illustrated Ragamala series
Rukn-ul-din (Indian, late 17th century)
Indian, Rajasthani
dated V.S. 1751 (= A.D. 1694)
Object Place: Bikaner, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 19.1 × 15.8 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number1999.518
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsOn reverse, in Devanagari, "Bangala" "Kam Rukdiroa?" and in a different hand, "Bangala Ragini 30, Samvat 1751" plus the seal of the Maharaja of Bikaner, number 2628, signed by Khet Singh.
Provenance1968, library of the Maharaja of Bikaner [see note 1]. November 30, 1994, anonymous ("property of various owners") sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 12, unsold. Sold from a private collection to Kapoor Galleries, New York; 1999, sold by Kapoor Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 1999)
NOTES:
[1] This painting bears the 1968 inventory stamp of the library of the Maharaja of Bikaner. The Maharaja sold much of his collection in Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
NOTES:
[1] This painting bears the 1968 inventory stamp of the library of the Maharaja of Bikaner. The Maharaja sold much of his collection in Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s.