Bhupali Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Basohli (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, from a 'first' Pahari Ragamala series, illustration to the musical mode bhupali ragini. A princess in red striped trousers and a yellow and silver scarf sits smoking a huqqa. Two maids wait on her, one holding the huqqa bowl and the other a sheathed sword, a dish and a cup. Background dark-brown.

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Categories	Paintings Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Bhupali Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Ragamala, bhupali ragini, princess smoking, opaque watercolour on paper, Basohli, ca. 1680-1685
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, from a 'first' Pahari Ragamala series, illustration to the musical mode bhupali ragini. A princess in red striped trousers and a yellow and silver scarf sits smoking a huqqa. Two maids wait on her, one holding the huqqa bowl and the other a sheathed sword, a dish and a cup. Background dark-brown.
Dimensions	With border height: 184mm Width: 160mm Height: 139mm With border width: 211mm Red border with black and white rules.
Content description	Illustration to the musical mode bhupali ragini. A princess in red striped trousers and a yellow and silver scarf sits smoking a huqqa.
Style	Basohli
Marks and inscriptions	(inscribed in Takri at top) Translation 'Bhupali wife of Sri Raga. Number 5.' Transliteration '(Bhu)pali sri rage bharaja 5'
Object history	From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted	Music Princess Women Huqqa Servants
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. 41, cat. no. 9.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.28-1954

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Record created	July 20, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41852/bhupali-ragini-painting-unknown/

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