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Lahula Raga

Painting
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kulu (made)

A ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode lahula raga. Krishna playing the flute in a grove, attended by a chauri-bearer.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Musical Instruments
Religion
Hinduism
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleLahula Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, lahula raga, Krishna and chauri-bearer, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
A ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode lahula raga. Krishna playing the flute in a grove, attended by a chauri-bearer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 206mm (maximum)
  • Width: 205mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 159mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 159mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Lahula Raga. Krishna playing the flute in a grove, attended by a chauri-bearer.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri)
Translation
'Vahula Raga son of Dipaka, seventh sheet'
Transliteration
'Vahula Raga Dipakeda putra satauta (satwan) patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Deity
Flute
Grove
Krishna
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 333, cat. no. 13 xix.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.66-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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