An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, Raga Gajadhar, opaque pigments on wasli paper, with two carpenters seated above and a prince holding a trident in each hand, flanked by a monkey on either side, with black...

An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, Raga Gajadhar, opaque pigments on wasli paper, with two carpenters seated above and a prince holding a trident in each hand, flanked by a monkey on either side, with black Devanagari inscription identifying each figure, within orange border, 27.5 x 26cm. Provenance: Private English Collection; Property of a Connecticut Collector Christie's 20 March 2009, Lot 1340 (part lot); Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, 16 December 1970, lots 133-138