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  Lot 47 of 93  

PASSAGES TO INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND LETTERS
24-26 JULY 2024
Estimate
Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
$1,810 - 2,410


Winning Bid
Rs 3,12,000
$3,759
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

ARTWORK DETAILS

Raja Ravi Varma Press
Vintage Raja Ravi Varma Postcards [Set of 30]


Including a set of 22 Halftone Postcards, Divided back, Circa 1905
Printed front (on each): The title
Printed verso (on each): The Original caption and The Ravi Varma-Press Karla Series No. 804, 805, 806, 807, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833 and 834 respectively.
5.4 x 3.3 in (13.6 x 8.65cm) (each)

a) Saraswati, The Goddess of Learning.
b) Gajagauri, Goddess Parwati.
c) Hanuman, The monkey God with Sanjeeva-parvata in hand.
d) Laxmi, The Goddess of wealth.
e) Victory of Indrajit, Indrajit brings Indra as a captive before his father Ravana with the riches and the nymphs of Indra-Loka.
f) Sita's Marriage, Marriage of Sita with Rama.
g) Gangavataran, Shankar receives the river Ganga on his head in compliance with the prayers of Bhageeratha.
h) Krishna Shisthayi, Shree Krishna as an ambassador at the court of Duryodhan.
i) Shankar, God Shankar with his son Ganapati and his wife Parvati and his vehicle Nandi or the sacred bull.
j) Mohini, The Goddess of beauty sitting on a swing.
k) Ram Sagar-Darpaharan, Rama while crossing the river on his way to Lanka, brings down the pride of the king of sea, who surrenders to Rama.
l) Radha-Vilas, A love scene between Radha and her consort Lord Krishna.
m) Damayanti Vanawasa, Damayanti was the daughter of the king Bhimaka. She was a wife of Nala, who lost his kingdom being defeated in playing dice and went to a forest to suffer hardships. Damayanti also went with him. afterwards the king Nala left her alone in the forest and went away. This picture represents her in thought and great misery.
n) Jatayuwadha, Ravana, while carrying away Sita, is being attacked by the bird Jatayu, with whom he fights.
o) Kirat & Bhilli, God Shankar dressed as a hunter and Goddess Parvati as huntress.
p) Sita-Vanvas, Sita, when captured by Ravan the king of Lanka was carried and kept in a forest named Ashok-van by him, and he ordered demons to watch her. This picture represents Sita sitting in thought under a tree.
q) Birth of Shakuntala, Menaka sent by Indra to disturb sage Vishwamitra in his penances, succeeds in her mission and gets a child by him. While going back to Indra-loka, she offers the child to Vishwamitra, who feeling penitent for his weakness tries to avoid Menaka and disown the child.
r) Damayanti, Being separated from her husband Nala, the fair Damayanti enters her father’s place, yet feeling deeply for her husband, she is represented as sitting in a moon light, her maid standing by her side.
s) Haunsa-Damayanti Sanvada, The bird Haunsa goes and extols to Damayanti all about Nala, when she is in a garden.
t) Vishnu Garud-vahan, God Vishnu with his wives, the goddesses of the earth, and the wealth, is represented as riding on his vehicle Garud.
u) Vishwamitra-Menaka, This scene shows Menaka as tempting the great sage Vishwamitra, who yields to her and gets Shakuntala by her.
v) Shakuntala Patra-lekhana, Shakuntala, while dwelling in a forest, near the river Malini, writes a letter on a lotus leaf to Dushyanta, feeling doubtful that he loved her.

Set of 5 Black and white Postcards, Divided back, Circa 1900
Printed front (on each): The title
Printed verso (on each): The Original caption [2] and P S Joshi, Oriental Publishing House, Ghatkopar (Bombay). Printed in Saxony No. 21, 28, 82, 86 and 100, respectively.
14 x 9 cm (each)

w) Kadambri
x) Savitri and Satyawan
y) Rama-Sagar-Darpaharan, Rama's oath to destroy the sea and his submission.
z) Krishna-Lia, Gopis are begging the God Shri-Krishna to return the clothes which he has taken high up on Kadam-tree, and which were left by them on the river-bank.
z1) The Fruit Girl

z2) 1 colour postcard with divided back printed in Saxony. Numbered 665 on verso.

Set of 2 handwritten letters in ink on a stamped and sealed postcard with Raja Ravi Varma's print on the left-hand side of the front and advertisement at lower bottom. The written text of the letter continues to the verso (each)

z3) Allibhoy Esmailjee, Printer and Commission Agent, 171, Abdul Rehman Street, Bombay
z4) AGENCY OF BOMBAY. We are Supplying Country & Foreign Goods at Moderate Rate. Ramgulam Dwarkadass, Kandevadi, Bombay

Category: Print Making
Style: Figurative