9.
Folio from a Ragamala series
Bhramarananda raga, son of Malkos raga
Bilaspur, 1730-40
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, red border
8 ½ by 4 7/8 in., 21.5 by 12.5 cm. miniature
6 7/8 by 10 ½ in., 17.7 by 26.7 cm. folio
Inscriptions
On the verso in takri:
Malakoshe de putra Bhramaranande patra 12
and in nagari:
Malakosha da putra Bhramarananda chheya 6 patra 12
‘Bhramarananda 6th son of Malkosh, leaf 12’
Provenance
Galerie Marco Polo, Paris, before 1980
Private collection, Paris, 1980s-2015