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Panchaka Raga

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

A ragamala painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode panchaka raga. A prince, with two girl attendants, one holding oil, the other massaging him.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePanchaka Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, panchaka raga, prince with attendants, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
A ragamala painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode panchaka raga. A prince, with two girl attendants, one holding oil, the other massaging him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 209mm (maximum)
  • Width: 208mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 159mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 156mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Panchaka Raga. A prince, with two girl attendants, one holding oil, the other massaging him.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on object in Takri)
Translation
'Panchak Raga son of Dipaka, sixth sheet'
Transliteration
'Panchak Raga Dipakeda putra chhatha patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
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. xviii.
Collection
Accession number
IS.71-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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