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Vasant Ragini

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustration to the musical mode vasant ragini, Radha and Krishna celebrate the Holi festival with five gopis in the forest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVasant Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting,vasant ragini, Radha, Krishna and gopis celebrate Holi, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Malwa, ca. 1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustration to the musical mode vasant ragini, Radha and Krishna celebrate the Holi festival with five gopis in the forest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 320mm
  • Width: 236mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 261mm (approx.)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 177mm (approx.)
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Illustration to the musical mode vasant ragini, Radha and Krishna celebrate the Holi festival with five gopis in the forest.
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no9.27
Collection
Accession number
IS.286-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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