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Vangali Ragini

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

A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode vangali ragini, a girl seated, playing a vina to two companions.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVangali Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, vangali ragini, girl playing vina, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode vangali ragini, a girl seated, playing a vina to two companions.
Content description
Vangali ragini, a girl seated, playing a vina to two companions.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on object in Takri)
Translation
'Vangali Ragini wife of Bhairava, fourth sheet'.
Transliteration
'Vangali Bhairoda Bharaja chautha 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. 13 iv.
Collection
Accession number
IS.67-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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