Bhairava Raga

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Amer (made)

Painting. in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala, depicting Vishnu being rubbed with sandal-paste by two attending ladies, two others approaching. Illustration to the musical mode Bhairava Raga (differently identified on the back). The series is notable for its Deccani and Western Indian idioms, and is very strongly coloured, with great vitality.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Bhairava Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Bhairava Raga, Ragamala, Shiva massaged by ladies, opaque watercolour on paper, Amber, ca. 1680
Physical description	Painting. in opaque watercolour on paper, Ragamala, depicting Vishnu being rubbed with sandal-paste by two attending ladies, two others approaching. Illustration to the musical mode Bhairava Raga (differently identified on the back). The series is notable for its Deccani and Western Indian idioms, and is very strongly coloured, with great vitality.
Dimensions	Height: 314mm Width: 229mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders height: 266mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 180mm 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	Ragamala, depicting Shiva being rubbed with sandal-paste by two attending ladies, two others approaching. Illustration to the musical mode Bhairava Raga.
Style	Rajasthani
Subjects depicted	Deity Massage Shiva
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.64-1952

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433176/bhairava-raga-painting-unknown/

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