Devagiri Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Delhi (made)

Painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode devagiri ragini, a lady in a pavilion attended by maids. She stands in the central arch of the pavilion, holding two blossoms, one before her nose, the other away from her. A maid is either side of her, one with a scarf-fan, one with a golden vessel, below is a bed with three cushions and a peacock stealing along the edge of the brick terrace.

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Categories	Paintings Music Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Devagiri Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, devagiri ragini, lady and maids, opaque watercolour on paper, probably Delhi, probably ca. 1800, based on a ca. 1570-1580 Ahmednagar original
Physical description	Painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode devagiri ragini, a lady in a pavilion attended by maids. She stands in the central arch of the pavilion, holding two blossoms, one before her nose, the other away from her. A maid is either side of her, one with a scarf-fan, one with a golden vessel, below is a bed with three cushions and a peacock stealing along the edge of the brick terrace.
Content description	A lady in a pavilion attended by maids.
Style	Ahmadnagar
Marks and inscriptions	(inscribed in Nagri) Transliteration 'devagiri' (inscribed in Persian) Transliteration 'davagiri ragini' (inscribed in Persian) Translation '6' (another undeciphered inscription)
Production	Based closely on an Ahmadnagar-style original of ca. 1570-1580, but with faces in the Delhi style of ca. 1800
Subjects depicted	Music Woman Prince Servants Pavilion
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.48-1959

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433715/devagiri-ragini-painting-unknown/

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