Gadadhara Raga

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kulu (made)

A Ragamala painting on paper, depicting a prince with a drawn sword, conversing with another who holds a lance, illustration to the musical mode gadadhara raga. Both men wear robes, turbans and wide patterned belts. Inscribed in Takri on the top border.

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Categories	Paintings Royalty Music Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project Arms & Armour
Object type	Painting
Title	Gadadhara Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted Painted
Brief description	Painting, Ragamala, gadadhara raga, prince conversing, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description	A Ragamala painting on paper, depicting a prince with a drawn sword, conversing with another who holds a lance, illustration to the musical mode gadadhara raga. Both men wear robes, turbans and wide patterned belts. Inscribed in Takri on the top border.
Dimensions	Height: 207mm (maximum) Width: 208mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted border height: 158mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted border width: 159mm (maximum) 24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	A prince with a drawn sword, conversing with another who holds a lance, illustration to the musical mode gadadhara raga.
Style	Kulu
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed in Takri on top border) Translation 'Gad-dhar Raga son of Megh Raga, fifth sheet' Transliteration 'Gad-dhar Raga Megh Rageda putra pachauta patara'
Object history	From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted	Music Prince Sword Lance
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.p. 334, cat. no. 13 xxxi
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.24-1954

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432916/gadadhara-raga-painting-unknown/

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