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A prince and a lady, illustrating the musical mode Kusuma Ragafront

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A prince and a lady, illustrating the musical mode Kusuma Raga

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  • Description

    The musical mode Kusuma is visualised as a prince seated with a lady in a form of amorous encounter. Staring keenly, he directs at her his floral bow and arrow, like those traditionally held by the Cupid-like love-god Kama. She looks modestly downward, half-drawing her veil.

  • Details

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    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Nurpur (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1710
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 34.4 x 31.2 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    page 22.3 x 18.8 cm (height x width)
    painting 16.9 x 15.6 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting › ragamala
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.104

  • 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. 60 on p. 144, pp. 18 & 19, illus. p. 145

Glossary

Raga

  • 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

    • Returned to lender

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