AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: SHRI RAGA Datia, Madhya Pradesh, ca. 1725 - 30 Opaque pigments heightened with silver and gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a terrace scene with a courtly lady being entertained by three female musicians, the first playing the sitar, the middle one the tabla and the last one the bronze bells, behind the courtly lady an attendant whisking a peacock fan, outside the palatial complex a lush and verdant jungle inhabited by birds and green parrots, at the top of the composition 10ll. of black and red ink Devanagari script against an ochre yellow ground, the scene set within bright red borders, 33cm x 26.4cm. Provenance: Christie's London, 20 April 1999, lot 340. Two similar paintings from the same Ragamala series were successfully sold in these Rooms, 26 October 2018, lots 211 and 212.