Gods, Kings and Courtiers : Asian Art in London 2020

Inscribed in nagari text in upper border 

This painting is from a dispersed Ragamala series executed at Amber, circa 1680. This particular series was created in a more traditional Rajasthani style with less of the Mughal influences that can be seen in slightly later 18^thcentury sets from Jaipur after the capital moved in 1728. For other examples from the series see Spink, Indian Miniature Painting, Exhibition Catalogue, London 1987, nos. 23-25. For a slightly later Ragamala series from Malwa, see T. Falk and M. Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, no. 559, i-vi.