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Khumba Raga

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 kumbha raga. A prince, standing before a girl who draws water from a well.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleKhumba Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, kumbha raga, prince standing before girl drawing water, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala illustration to the musical mode kumbha raga. A prince, standing before a girl who draws water from a well.
Dimensions
  • Height: 207mm (maximum)
  • Width: 209mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 151mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 156mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Kumbha raga, a prince, standing before a girl who draws water from a well.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on object in Takri)
Translation
'Khurabha Raga son of Sri Raga, eighth sheet'
Transliteration
'Khubha Raga Sri Ragoda putra athauta (athwan) patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Prince
Woman
Well
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.333, cat. no. 13 xxvii.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.70-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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