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Nata Raga

Painting
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kulu (made)

A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a prince wearing armour on horseback, illustration to the musical mode nata raga. Inscribed on the top border in Takri.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Arms & Armour
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleNata Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Ragamala, nata raga, prince mounting horse, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a prince wearing armour on horseback, illustration to the musical mode nata raga. Inscribed on the top border in Takri.
Dimensions
  • Height: 207mm (maximum)
  • Width: 205mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 156mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 153mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A prince wearing armour on horseback, illustration to the musical mode nata raga.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on object in Takri)
Translation
'Nata raga son of Megha raga, second sheet'
Transliteration
'Nata raga megha rageda putra dusra patara'
Object history
From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted
Prince
Armour
Equestrian
Horse
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.334, cat. no. 13 xxx.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.21-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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