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Patamanjari Ragini

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala illustration to the musical mode patamanjari ragini. A seated lady, fanned by a maidservant stretching her hand out to a chained tiger.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitlePatamanjari Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, patamanjari ragini, lady fanned by servant, with tiger, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala illustration to the musical mode patamanjari ragini. A seated lady, fanned by a maidservant stretching her hand out to a chained tiger.
Dimensions
  • Height: 207mm (maximum)
  • Width: 209mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 161mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 160mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Patamanjari ragini, a seated lady, fanned by a maidservant stretching her hand out to a chained tiger.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten in Takri)
Translation
'Patamanjari Ragini, wife of Dipaka, fifth sheet'
Transliteration
'Patamanjari Ragini Dipakedi bharaja pachauta (Panchwan) patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Servant
Tiger
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. xvi
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.72-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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