A leaf from a ragamala series: Nat ragini
Jaipur, circa 1750gouache and gold on paper
292 x 228 mm.注脚Provenance
Private German Collection.

An unusual full-scale battle scene for a Nat Ragini painting. Another instance of a similar composition from a separate series was produced in Jaipur in the 18th Century (see K. Ebeling, Ragamala Paintings, Basel 1973, p. 37, no. C6). Ebeling notes: 'It is hard for the uninitiated viewer of Ragamala paintings to reconcile the concept of female ragini with the male images of battling warriors...While most ragamala paintings are conceived in a devotional or erotic mood, Nat visualizes music of a heroic mood'.