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Khambhavati Ragini, from an illustrated Ragamala series

Rukn-ul-din (Indian, late 17th century)
Indian, Rajasthani
about 1695
Object Place: Bikaner, Rajasthan, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 26.7 x 19.4cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8in.)
Framed: 18.8 x 14.8 cm (7 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number1999.519
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsOn reverse, in Devanagari: "Khambhavati" "Kam Rukdiroa?", plus inventory seal of Maharaja of Bikaner, number 2340, signed by Khet Singh
Provenance1968, library of the Maharaja of Bikaner [see note 1]. Sold from a private collection to Kapoor Galleries, New York; 1999, sold by Kapoor Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 1999)

NOTES:
[1] The painting bears the 1968 inventory stamp of the library of the Maharaja of Bikaner. The Maharaja sold much of his collection in Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s.