Alhaiya Raga
Painting
ca. 1710 - ca. 1720 (made)
ca. 1710 - ca. 1720 (made)
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A bare-chested man wearing a white dhoti is shown seated on a red stool. His arms are outstretched and each arm is being massaged by a female attendant. The painting is inscribed in Takri characters on the top border with the name of the raga or musical mode shown in the painting - Alhaiya Vilaval, son of Bhairava raga. This is a single page from a dispersed ragamala or 'garland of ragas' in which musical modes are represented by human activities.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Alhaiya Raga (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Ragamala, alhaiya raga, man being massaged, opaque watercolour on paper, Mankot, ca. 1710-1720 |
| Physical description | Ragamala painting, showing a seated man against a green background having his outstretched arms massaged by two women, illustration to the musical mode alhaiya raga. The women wear patterned skirts, plain cholis and transparent shawls or scarves. |
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| Content description | A seated man against a green background having his outstretched arms massaged by two women, illustration to the musical mode alhaiya raga. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (handwritten in Takri on the top border)
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| Object history | From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary). |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | A bare-chested man wearing a white dhoti is shown seated on a red stool. His arms are outstretched and each arm is being massaged by a female attendant. The painting is inscribed in Takri characters on the top border with the name of the raga or musical mode shown in the painting - Alhaiya Vilaval, son of Bhairava raga. This is a single page from a dispersed ragamala or 'garland of ragas' in which musical modes are represented by human activities. |
| Bibliographic reference | Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022
p. 337, cat. no. 29 i. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.26-1954 |
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| Record created | February 7, 2006 |
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