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Indian Paintings from the Simon Digby Collection

(from 1st Oct 2013 until 5th Jan 2014)

Explore the recent acquisition of a rich and unusual collection of Indian paintings and manuscript pages.

Detail of Noblemen in durbar, Rajasthan, 18th century (Museum no: EA2012.225)
A lady plucking leaves, illustrating the musical mode Gunakali Raginifront

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A lady plucking leaves, illustrating the musical mode Gunakali Ragini

  • Description

    As if inquiring “he loves me, he loves me not”, a lovelorn lady picks leaves from the creeper around a tree growing in a vase. This illustration of the musical mode Gunakali is from the same Ragamala series as the adjacent Bhairavi.

  • Details

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    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    Asia › India › Deccan › north Deccan (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1675
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.7 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
    painting with border 26.6 x 22 cm (height x width)
    painting without border 20.1 x 14.5 cm irregular, max. (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting › ragamala
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2001.
    Accession no.
    EA2001.33

  • Further reading

    Topsfield, A., ‘A Dispersed Ragamala from the Deccan’, Naval Krishna and Manu Krishna, eds, The Ananda-vana of Indian Art: Dr Anand Krishna Felicitation Volume (Varanasi: Indica Books, 2004), p. 323, illus. p. 323 pl. 5

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Ragamala, Ragini

  • Ragamala

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

  • Ragini

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

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