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Harsa Raga

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala,depicting an illustration to the musical mode harsa raga. A woman is stretching her arms towards a prince standing in a grove.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleHarsa Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, harsa raga, woman and prince, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala,depicting an illustration to the musical mode harsa raga. A woman is stretching her arms towards a prince standing in a grove.
Dimensions
  • Height: 206mm
  • Width: 208mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 157mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 158mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Harsa raga, a girl is stretching her arms towards a prince standing in a grove.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri)
Translation
'Harsa Raga son of Bhairava, second sheet'
Transliteration
'Harka Raga Bhairoda putra dosra patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Prince
Grove
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. v.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.55-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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