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A lady charming snakes, illustrating the musical mode Asavari Raginifront

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A lady charming snakes, illustrating the musical mode Asavari Ragini

  • Description

    The mode Asavari is depicted as a tribal girl whose charms lure the snakes down from the trees. According to the Braj verses, ‘…Bedecked, the girl is resplendent in her every limb. Her complexion is dark and her body besmeared with sandal paste. She is formidable and has serpents coiled around her…’

  • Details

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    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Amber (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1710 - c. 1720
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
    page 43.5 x 32.5 cm (height x width)
    painting 26.5 x 20.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting › ragamala
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Douglas and Mary Barrett, 2013.
    Accession no.
    EA2013.104

Glossary

Ragini

  • 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

    • First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India

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