Asavari Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Punjab Hills (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala, depicting a lady with leaf skirt and hat, seated on a hillock feeding snakes with milk from a leaf-cup; illustration to the musical mode Asavari Ragini.

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Categories	Paintings Animals and Wildlife Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Asavari Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Asavari Ragini, woman charming snakes, Ragamala, opaque watercolour on paper, Punjab Hills (Pahari), ca. 1780
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala, depicting a lady with leaf skirt and hat, seated on a hillock feeding snakes with milk from a leaf-cup; illustration to the musical mode Asavari Ragini.
Dimensions	Image within innermost painted borders height: 211mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 132mm (maximum) Height: 245mm Width: 164mm (maximum) Paper mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 290mm Paper mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 197mm 24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	A lady with leaf skirt and hat, seated on a hillock feeding snakes with milk from a leaf-cup; illustration to the musical mode Asavari Ragini.
Style	Pahari
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history	Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subjects depicted	Woman Snakes Snake Charmers
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.143-1951

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433013/asavari-ragini-painting-unknown/

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