AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A DEVI MAHATMYA SERIES: THE GODS BESEECH HERKANGRA, 19TH CENTURY Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Image: 5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19 cm); Folio: 6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.9 cm) For other pages from a related series, see Joachim Bautze, Lotosmond und Lowenritt , Stuttgart, 1991, nos. 15-18 and F. S. Aijazuddin, Pahari Paintings and Sikh portraits , London, 1977, pl. 41 (I-XXXIV), pp. 41-52. Also see Sotheby's, New York, December 14, 1979, lots 229 & 230 and Sotheby's, London, April 24, 1979, lots 141 & 142. Also see a closely relatedposition from the same series sold at Sotheby's, New York, March 21, 2012, lot 213. Alsopare with two paintings sold at , one in London, 5-13 August 2020, lot 146, and another in London, 23 October 2018, lot 137. Provenance: William Cleary, San Francisco, 1970s/80s Private Californian Collection