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Achanda Raga

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, showing a lady in a pavilion, seated, approached by and conversing with her lover, shows deep colours, square format and bold composition illustrating the musical mode achanda raga from a ragamala set.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Architecture
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleAchanda Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, ragamala, achanda raga, seated lady approached by lover, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, showing a lady in a pavilion, seated, approached by and conversing with her lover, shows deep colours, square format and bold composition illustrating the musical mode achanda raga from a ragamala set.
Dimensions
  • Height: 208mm (maximum)
  • Width: 209mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 155mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 157mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A lady in a pavilion, seated, approached by and conversing with her lover.
Style
Kulu
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Takri. The spelling differs on either side of the sheet, and by an error of transcription the writer has used the form of "Sa" resembling "A" found in the word "dosra" on the Raginis and "cha" for "dha".)
Translation
'Saindhara Raga, son of Sri Raga, sixth sheet'
Transliteration
'S(A)aindh(ch)ara Raga Sri Rageda putrachhatha patara'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Production
Punjab Hills.
Subjects depicted
Love
Lovers
Pavilion
Bibliographic references
  • Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.144, pl.125.
  • 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 xxv.
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 125, cat. no. 109
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.69-1953

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2003
Record URL
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