AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: KEDARA RAGAPUTRA OF MEGHA RAGA
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Bilaspur, North-Eastern India, mid to late 18th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the vertical composition depicting a courtly maiden cooking food in a cauldron on an open fire in front of a white marble pavilion, a pink-clad prince seated behind her, the blossoming and lush vegetation in the background indicative of the Monsoon season connected to the Megha (Cloud) raga, at the back a note in pen reading no. 466, 21cm x 15cm.

For a similar composition presenting an analogous scene with an Indian maiden cooking for a young prince, please see Sotheby's New York, 22 September 2020, lot 372.