Kuntala Raga
Drawing
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
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This painting shows a prince at a dovecot feeding the birds. It comes from a ragamala or 'garland of ragas', a series of pictorial depictions of the various musical modes. An inscription in Takri, the script used in the Punjab Hills of northern India, identifies the mode illustrated here as kuntala raga, 'son' of dipakeda raga.
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Title | Kuntala Raga (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, prince at a dove-cote feeding birds, ragamala, kuntala raga, Kulu or Bahu, ca. 1700-1710 |
Physical description | A ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode kuntala raga, a prince at a dove-cote feeding birds. |
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Content description | Kuntala raga, a prince at a dove-cote feeding birds. |
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Gallery label | A PRINCE AT A DOVE-COTE FEEDING BIRDS
Illustration of the musical mode Kuntala Raga
Opaque watercolour on paper
Kulu or Bahu, Punjab Hills
c.1700-1710
IS 73-1953
From the collection of Sir William Rothenstein
The painting comes from a Ragamala or 'garland of ragas', a series of pictorial depictions of the various musical modes. An inscription in Takri, the script used in the Punjab Hills, identifies the mode illustrated here as Kuntala Raga, 'son' of Dipakeda Raga. In this series the six major ragas are each ascribed five 'wives' - raginis - and eight 'sons'.(2000) |
Object history | From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300. |
Production | Archer (1973) attributes paintings of this series to Kulu. Goswamy and Fischer (1992) attribute them to painter(s) active at Bahu. |
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Summary | This painting shows a prince at a dovecot feeding the birds. It comes from a ragamala or 'garland of ragas', a series of pictorial depictions of the various musical modes. An inscription in Takri, the script used in the Punjab Hills of northern India, identifies the mode illustrated here as kuntala raga, 'son' of dipakeda raga. |
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Accession number | IS.73-1953 |
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Record created | March 10, 2004 |
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