Kanhra Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Jodhpur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna, armed with a sword and holding an elephant's tusk, attended by a chauri-bearer, receiving the acclaimations of a Rajput warrior, outisde a palace, in the foreground is a state elephant and its fallen mahout. An illustration to the musical mode kanhra ragini.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Kanhra Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, kanhra ragini, Krishna receiving Rajput warrior, opaque watercolour on paper, probably Jodhpur, late 18th century
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna, armed with a sword and holding an elephant's tusk, attended by a chauri-bearer, receiving the acclaimations of a Rajput warrior, outisde a palace, in the foreground is a state elephant and its fallen mahout. An illustration to the musical mode kanhra ragini.
Dimensions	Height: 230mm Width: 147mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 221mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 140mm 05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	Krishna, armed with a sword and holding an elephant's tusk, attended by a chauri-bearer, receiving the acclaimations of a Rajput warrior, outisde a palace, in the foreground is a state elephant and its fallen mahout.
Style	Jodhpur
Subjects depicted	Deity Warrior Palace Elephant Mahout
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.66-1959

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433358/kanhra-ragini-painting-unknown/

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