Varara Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Amer (made)

A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady expressing anguish, her arms upraised above her head, two maids attending. To the right is a small bedchamber, in the upper half, a bed outside on a terrace. Illustration to the musical mode Varari 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	Varara Ragini (generic)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Ragamala, Varara ragini, lady seated with arms above her head, opaque watercolour on paper, Amer, ca. 1680
Physical description	A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady expressing anguish, her arms upraised above her head, two maids attending. To the right is a small bedchamber, in the upper half, a bed outside on a terrace. Illustration to the musical mode Varari ragini. From the same series as IS. 64-1952.
Dimensions	Height: 319mm (maximum) Width: 232mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders height: 270mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 186mm (maximum) 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	A lady expressing anguish, her arms upraised above her head, two maids attending. To the right is a small bedchamber, in the upper half, a bed outside on a terrace. Illustration to the musical mode Varari ragini
Style	Rajasthani
Marks and inscriptions	'Ragini Desaka Varari' (handwritten on object)
Object history	The iconography is more typical of Varari Ragini - IS.77-1952 being apparently some local aberration.
Subjects depicted	Woman Servants Terrace
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.83-1952

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433161/varara-ragini-painting-unknown/

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