Bhairava Raga
Drawing
late 17th century (made)
late 17th century (made)
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Brush drawing, ink on paper with touches of watercolour, illustration to the musical mode Bhairava raga. Shiva, holding a vina, sits attended by two maids within a palace chamber. A pool with a fountain and two ducks in the foreground; a roof with a peacock and projecting chattris and distant trees above.
Object details
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| Title | Bhairava Raga (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawn in ink on paper with touches of watercolour |
| Brief description | Brush drawing, Bhairava raga, Shiva and Parvati, ink and watercolour on paper, Bundi, late 17th century |
| Physical description | Brush drawing, ink on paper with touches of watercolour, illustration to the musical mode Bhairava raga. Shiva, holding a vina, sits attended by two maids within a palace chamber. A pool with a fountain and two ducks in the foreground; a roof with a peacock and projecting chattris and distant trees above. |
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| Content description | Shiva, holding a vina, sits attended by two maids within a palace chamber. A pool with a fountain and two ducks in the foreground; a roof with a peacock and projecting chattris and distant trees above. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (inscribed above)
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| Object history | The composition closely follows that found in the Bhairava raga (IS>40-1981) of the 1591 Chunar ragamala, the prototype for nearly all later Bundi ragamalas. A late 17th century version of the same subject is in the G. K. Kanaria collection . |
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| Accession number | IS.23-1982 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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