Desavarati Ragini

probably Marwar school Recto: devanagari script in the top yellow panel which cannot be read because the painting has been trimmed; …? barada bhav…? (...? Barada/Varada [also called Desvarati]) Verso: inscription in devanagari on the top. Possibly incomplete because number 2 is written which desivara ki ragani dipaga [dipak] raga ri 2 Ragini Desvarati [wife] of Dipak Raga [second verse?] 2 To 1967 Nowlakah, Calcutta [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Nowlakah, Calcutta in December 1967 [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001 From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim Notes: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Nowlakah, a dealer based in Calcutta, in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Nowlakah Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim