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Bhairava Raga

Painting
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a Ragamala painting on paper depicting a Sadhu, or ascetic, seated by a shrine, with other ascetics and devotees in the background, Bhairava Raga.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBhairava Raga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Bhairava Raga, sadhu seated by a shrine, Ragamala, Central India, probably Bundelkhand, ca. 1770
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a Ragamala painting on paper depicting a Sadhu, or ascetic, seated by a shrine, with other ascetics and devotees in the background, Bhairava Raga.
Dimensions
  • Height: 321mm (maximum)
  • Width: 238mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 265mm
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 176mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A Ragamala painting on paper depicting a Sadhu, or ascetic, seated by a shrine, with other ascetics and devotees in the background, Bhairava Raga.
Object history
From the same set as IS.100-1951 and IS. 174-1949. IS.100 and 101-1951 were bought for £10-10-0 in 1951.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.101-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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