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Dhanasri Ragini

Painting
ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bilaspur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala sketch depicting ladies with a fawn; Dhanasri Ragini.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleDhanasri Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Ragamala, lady with a fawn, Dhanasri Ragini, opaque watercolour on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1720
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala sketch depicting ladies with a fawn; Dhanasri Ragini.
Dimensions
  • Height: 170mm
  • Width: 134mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Ladies with a fawn; Dhanasri Ragini.
Styles
Bilaspur
Pahari
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on object)
Translation
[description of subject]
Transliteration
'Malakesedi Ragini Dhanasri'
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Bibliographic references
  • Reproduced Coomaraswamy, Rajput Painting; I. Discussed Archer, Catalogue of the Sir William Rothenstein Collection, Art and Letters, XXV,10.
  • 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. 235, cat. no. 24.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.171-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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