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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Awadh
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Uttar Pradesh
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India
- Period
- Provincial Mughal circa 1748 - circa 1860 → India
- Date
- circa 1760
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- opaque watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 12.2 cm ( image); 42.0 x 29.0 cm (sheet)
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Jim Masselos 2021
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 100.2021
- Copyright
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About
Ragamala (Garland of melodies) paintings are an Indian tradition of miniature painting designed to accompany poetic and musical musings. Frequently featuring couples in various states of embrace and separation, the lovers personify the moods induced by the changing seasons, while the scenery conveys the relevant time of day and season in which the raga is to be sung. Most paintings also demarcate the specific Hindu deities attached with the raga.
This Asavari ragini from a Ragamala (Garland of melodies) series shows a female protagonist (nayika) sitting on a rocky outcrop and playing a pungi flute to charm snakes.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Intimate Encounters: Indian paintings from Australian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2007–04 May 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Pratapaditya Pal, Indo-Asian art from the John Gilmore Ford Collection, Baltimore, 1971. no.34
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Sotheby's London (Editor), Catalogue of oriental miniatures and manuscripts. The property of John Gilmore Ford and other properties., London, 02 Jul 1984. lot 106
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