An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, opaque pigments on wasli paper, Raga Sindhori and Raga Agar, sons of Shri, with two men in swordfight, one on horseback, on a gabled brick roof, and below a priest holds a...

An illustration from an unusual Ragamala Series, India, Gujarat, circa 1800, opaque pigments on wasli paper, Raga Sindhori and Raga Agar, sons of Shri, with two men in swordfight, one on horseback, on a gabled brick roof, and below a priest holds a diya and bell before an image of Vishnu, black Devanagari inscription identifying each figure, within an orange border, 27.6 x 26.3cm. 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