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Vilaval Raga

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

A ragamala painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode vilava raga; a girl offering betel to a princely musician.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleVilaval Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, vilaval raga, girl offering betel to musician, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
A ragamala painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode vilava raga; a girl offering betel to a princely musician.
Dimensions
  • Height: 208mm (maximum)
  • Width: 206mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 158mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 157mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Illustration to the musical mode vilava raga; a girl offering betel to a princely musician.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri)
Translation
'Vilaval Raga, son of Bhairava, seventh sheet'
Transliteration
'Valul Raga Bhairodha putra satanta [satwan] patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Musician
Woman
Tree
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.331, cat. no. vii
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.57-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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