Kedara Ragini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Bengal (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode kedara ragini, a prince seated on a roof terrace of a lake pavilion, listening to two female musicians while a boatman waits below.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Kedara Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, kedara ragini, prince on terrace listening to musicians, boatman waiting, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal style in Bengal, ca. 1760
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode kedara ragini, a prince seated on a roof terrace of a lake pavilion, listening to two female musicians while a boatman waits below.
Content description	Illustration to the musical mode kedara ragini, a prince seated on a roof terrace of a lake pavilion, listening to two female musicians while a boatman waits below.
Style	Mughal
Gallery label	A PRINCE LISTENING TO MUSIC Opaque watercolour and silver paint on paper Murshidabad, Bengal 1760-70 IS.19-1958 This courtly scene is identified by an inscription on the reverse as an illustration to the musical mode Kedara ragini. In Bengal, this ragini is depicted as a prince listening to music, rather than the more widespread image of a prince visiting an ascetic.(27/9/2013)
Subjects depicted	Music Prince Terrace Pavilion Musicians
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.19-1958

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433907/kedara-ragini-painting-unknown/

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