An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, opaque pigments on wasli paper, Raga Shri Nath, with two male and two female acrobats performing with a drummer, all on a maroon background, with black devanagari...

An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, opaque pigments on wasli paper, Raga Shri Nath, with two male and two female acrobats performing with a drummer, all on a maroon background, with black devanagari inscription identifying the figures, within orange border, 28.6 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