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Punaki Ragani

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala illustration to the musical mode punaki ragini. A seated girl is pouring coins into the hands of a man standing before her.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePunaki Ragani (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, punaki ragini, ragamala, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, ragamala illustration to the musical mode punaki ragini. A seated girl is pouring coins into the hands of a man standing before her.
Dimensions
  • Height: 205mm (maximum)
  • Width: 207mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 157mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 159mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
An illustration to the musical mode punaki ragini. A seated girl is pouring coins into the hands of a man standing before her.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri)
Translation
'Punyaki Rajini wife of Bhairava'
Transliteration
'Punki Ragini Bhairodi Bharaja dosra patura'
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. 331, cat. no. 13 iii
Collection
Accession number
IS.54-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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