Megha Raga (The gopi playing music for Krishna), folio of a ragamala, gouache on paper, probably

Megha Raga (The gopis playing music for Krishna), folio of a ragamala, gouache on paper, India, probably Awadh, 19th-20th century, 23x17 cm (painting, with margins), 43x33 cm (overall frame) (damages) (damages)

Condition report:
Average overall condition:

Tear to the upper left corner.

3 small holes to the upper middle of the folio, in the blue border (approx. 1 mm)

Some losses to the painted surface: the main ones in the green ground, under the 2 female figures on the right side (approx. 10x15 mm max.) minor losses to the blue paint of the sky, the tree trunk at the right, the flower mala and the yellow lungi of Krishna.

Normal wearing and some brownish stains to the external blue border.

Pulverulent aspect of the gildings clearly visible under a magnifiying glass suggesting a paint rather than gold leaves.

No fluorescence of the yellow under UV light, clearly indicating the use of non peori pigment.

Verso:

Inscriptions "FI" in roman capitals in the upper left corner, "DRR/650" in roman capitals in the lower left corner, " G(?) 111" in the lower right corner, all of them in blue ink. A terr to the upper layer of paper in the lower left corner.