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Lalita Raga

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

Painted in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala illustration to the musical mode lalita raga; a youth standing waist deep in water fondling two cranes.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleLalita Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, lalita raga, youth and two cranes, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala illustration to the musical mode lalita raga; a youth standing waist deep in water fondling two cranes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 206mm (maximum)
  • Width: 207mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 156mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 156mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Ragamala illustration to the musical mode lalita raga; a youth standing waist deep in water fondling two cranes.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
'Lalata Raga Bhairoda putra athanta [athwan] patara' (handwritten on object in Takri)
Translation
'Lalita Raga son of Bhairava'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Adolescent
Cranes
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 pp. 331-2, cat. no. 13 viii
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.56-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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