Sanveri Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

India (Himachal Pradesh, possibly Basohli or Nurpur)

ca. 1700–1710

Not on view

This painting, which is identified as the Sanveri Ragini by the inscription on the upper border, depicts a courtly woman seated on a silver throne in a wooded landscape. The falcon perched on her left hand is an allusion to a bird’s song. The ragamala genre in the Pahari Hill region of Himachal Pradesh diverged from that in Rajasthan, with variant iconographic subjects and different compositional solutions, as evidenced in this work’s square format and intense, flat ground color.

Artwork Details

Title: Sanveri Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Date: ca. 1700–1710
Culture: India (Himachal Pradesh, possibly Basohli or Nurpur)
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and silver on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (15.6 x 15.6 cm); Page: 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (20.6 x 20.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2002
Object Number: 2002.178
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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