AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES Datia, Madhya Pradesh, ca. 1725 Opaque pigments heightened with gold and black and red ink on paper, a terrace scene depicting a lady sitting on her knees playing a sitar, the two women in front of her keeping the tempo by clapping their hands, the attendant behind her holding a fly-whisk, several parrots joining the musical gathering, the palace on the right of the composition ornate with intricate carvings, the top with 7ll. of black and red ink Devanagari script against ochre yellow ground, set in bright red borders, 33.2cm x 26.5cm. Provenance: Christie's London, 20 April 1999, lot 340;                      Formerly in the Jane Greenough Green Collection.