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Todi Ragini

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

Ragamala painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode todi ragini. A girl holding floral sprays accompanied by a deer.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTodi Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, todi ragini, girl holding floral sprays, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Ragamala painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode todi ragini. A girl holding floral sprays accompanied by a deer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 205mm
  • Width: 208mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 150mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 152mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Todi ragini. A girl holding floral sprays accompanied by a deer.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri)
Translation
'Todi Ragini wife of Dipaka Raga, third sheet'
Transliteration
'Todi Ragini Dipakadi bharaja tis(ra) 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 xv.
Collection
Accession number
IS.64-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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