Vasant Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Mewar (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode vasant ragini, prince celebrating the Holi festival with ladies in a grove, the prince holds a vina and flowers; one of the women holds a pot of blossom, indicating the arrival of the spring season. Inscribed above the image is a descriptive verse within a yellow panel.

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Categories	Paintings Music Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Vasant Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, vasant ragini, prince and ladies celebrating holi, opaque watercolour on paper, Mewar, ca. 1630-1640
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode vasant ragini, prince celebrating the Holi festival with ladies in a grove, the prince holds a vina and flowers; one of the women holds a pot of blossom, indicating the arrival of the spring season. Inscribed above the image is a descriptive verse within a yellow panel.
Dimensions	Height: 238mm Width: 165mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 179mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 130mm 05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	Prince celebrating the Holi festival with ladies in a grove, the prince holds a vina and flowers; one of the women holds a pot of blossom, indicating the arrival of the spring season.
Style	Mewar
Marks and inscriptions	(A descriptive verse within a yellow panel is inscribed above the image.)
Credit line	Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted	Celebration Music Prince Women Grove Vina Flowers
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.118-1955

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433387/vasant-ragini-painting-unknown/

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