Vasanti Ragini
Painting
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
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A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting two girls gathering flowers from trees and putting them in baskets. Illustration to the musical mode, vasanti ragini. Inscribed in Takri on the top border.
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Title | Vasanti Ragini (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Ragamala, vasanti ragini, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710 |
Physical description | A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting two girls gathering flowers from trees and putting them in baskets. Illustration to the musical mode, vasanti ragini. Inscribed in Takri on the top border. |
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Content description | Two girls gathering flowers from trees and putting them in baskets. Illustration to the musical mode, vasanti ragini. |
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Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed in Takri on the top border.)
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Object history | From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary). |
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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. 332, cat. no. 13 x |
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Accession number | IS.18-1954 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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