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Bhairavi Ragini

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 Bhairavi ragini, a lady at the door of a shrine stroking a bull.


Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Paintings
Architecture
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleBhairavi Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, bhairavi ragini, lady stroking bull, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
A Ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode Bhairavi ragini, a lady at the door of a shrine stroking a bull.
Dimensions
  • Height: 205mm
  • Maximum width: 207mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 157mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 158mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Illustration to the musical mode Bhairavi ragini, a lady at the door of a shrine stroking a bull.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri)
Translation
'Bhairavi Ragini wife of Basohli'
Transliteration
'Bhairavi Ragini Bhairoda bharaja pahila patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Bull
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. 331, cat. no. 13 ii
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.60-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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