Pancham Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Amer (made)

A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting to the right, lovers embracing in a pavilion, a maid plying a fly-whisk; to the left, a maid-servant pouring rice from a dish in the hands of a musician. Illustration to the musical mode, Pancham Ragini. From the same series as IS. 64-1952.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Pancham Ragini (generic)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Ragamala, Pancham Ragini, lovers embracing in pavilion, opaque watercolour on paper, Amer, ca. 1680
Physical description	A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting to the right, lovers embracing in a pavilion, a maid plying a fly-whisk; to the left, a maid-servant pouring rice from a dish in the hands of a musician. Illustration to the musical mode, Pancham Ragini. From the same series as IS. 64-1952.
Dimensions	Height: 320mm (maximum) Width: 230mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders height: 268mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 183mm (maximum) 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	Lovers embracing in a pavilion, a maid plying a fly-whisk; to the left, a maid-servant pouring rice from a dish in the hands of a musician. Illustration to the musical mode, Pancham Ragini.
Style	Rajasthani
Subjects depicted	Pavilion Fly-Whisk Servant Musician
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.87-1952

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433157/pancham-ragini-painting-unknown/

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