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Wrestlers, illustrating the musical mode Raga Malava
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Description
The musical mode Malava is shown as a fair-skinned princely wrestler grappling with his darker opponent. He wears multiple Hindu tilak marks and much jewellery, and a third wrestler stands by holding his turban for him. Wrestling was a popular sport among the nobility in Mughal times, and the larger courts maintained teams of Jethis or professional wrestlers.
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Details
- Series
- Garland of Ragas
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north-west India › Jammu and Kashmir › Kathua district › Basohli (probable place of creation)Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Nurpur (possible place of creation)
- Date
- c. 1680
- Material and technique
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 29.4 x 28.9 x 1.6 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 21.5 x 21 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.85
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 56 on p. 136, pp. 18, 19, 130, & 138, illus. p. 137
Glossary
Raga
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Raga
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.
Past Exhibition
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Location
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- Returned to lender
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