An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, opaque pigments on wasli paper, Raga Dipaka, with a red skinned prince in a howdah on an elephant and two companions, accompanied by three soldiers on foot carrying...

An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, opaque pigments on wasli paper, Raga Dipaka, with a red skinned prince in a howdah on an elephant and two companions, accompanied by three soldiers on foot carrying rifles, with 4ll. of black Devanagari above on an unpainted ground, within an orange border, 27.7 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