Nata Ragini
Painting
ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1770 (made)
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This painting is from a set of ragamala paintings, which illustrate various musical modes (ragas) with a stock range of images. In this case, the scene of a mounted warrior fighting with a soldier is part of the iconography of the musical mode 'Nat ragini'. The subsidiary scene of the prince out hawking on horseback in the background is not part of the iconography for this ragini, and may instead be a stylised portrait of the patron for whom the set was made.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Nata Ragini (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, armed warriors fighting, hawking, Ragamala, Nata Ragini, opaque watercolour on paper, Lucknow, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | The scene shows a mounted warrior in combat with a foot-soldier, in the usual iconography of the musical mode Nata ragini. In the background is another scene of a prince, perhaps the patron of the painting, perhaps Taliwar Khan (1760-1780), hunting with a hawk. |
| Content description | A mounted warrior in combat with a foot-soldier, in the usual iconography of the musical mode Nata ragini. In the background is another scene of a prince, perhaps the patron of the painting, perhaps Taliwar Khan (1760-1780), hunting with a hawk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer-Anderson, Pasha |
| Object history | Originally owned by B.M. Phadanavis of Poona and later from the Gayer-Anderson collection. The donors were twin brothers. |
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| Summary | This painting is from a set of ragamala paintings, which illustrate various musical modes (ragas) with a stock range of images. In this case, the scene of a mounted warrior fighting with a soldier is part of the iconography of the musical mode 'Nat ragini'. The subsidiary scene of the prince out hawking on horseback in the background is not part of the iconography for this ragini, and may instead be a stylised portrait of the patron for whom the set was made. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.155-1952 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2005 |
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