ROERICH, NICHOLAS (1874-1947) Baralacha Tempera on canvas, 46 by 92 cm. signed with a monogram, also further signed and titled on the reverse, painted in 1944. Provenance: Presented in 1944 by the artist to the grandfather of the present owner, a distinguished British missionary doctor. Thence by descent. Private collection, UK. This is one of about ten paintings of the Baralacha Provenance: with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1920, no. 752. Exhibited: La Collection Goudstikker at the Rotterdamse Kunstkring.