Indian Paintings from the Simon Digby Collection
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A lady picking blossoms, illustrating the musical mode Ramakali Ragini
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Details
- Series
- Garland of Ragas
- Associated place
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Asia › India › Deccan › north Deccan (place of creation)
- Date
- c. 1675
- Material and technique
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 55.4 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
painting 26.6 x 22 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1992.
- Accession no.
- EA1992.63
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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. 324 pl. 6
Glossary
Ragini
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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