Object Details
- Court
- Bundi Court
- School/Tradition
- Rajput school
- Description
- This Gunakali ragini in the Rajasthani tradition of Ragamala painting depicts a lady arranging flowers in two vases. She is separated from her lover and is depicted waiting for him outside her bed-chamber. The drawing is unfinished and details of flowers, the lady's jewelry and some architectural detail are left out. The drawing is done in black. Color patches of white, black, red, pink, and yellow and some black and blue in the sky are indicated.
- Inscriptions
- There are two inscriptions at the top: recto: an abraded inscription across the upper border and a short inscription "raga 12" below that. The verso has a long inscription at the top and unfinished sketches of a tree, a flower and a line of circles.
- Label
- Gunakali ragini is one of the female raginis associated variously with either Raga Malkaus or Raga Hindola [See Appendices 1-36 in O.C. Gangoly, Ragas & Raginis (Nalanda Publications, Bombay, 1935]. The inscription on the reverse attempts to accomodate both traditions. The verse describing the ragini commences by assigning her to Malkaus (malkausaki ragini) and concludes with a Hindola association (hindolaki ragini).
- Provenance
- To 1972
- Vijaivargiya, Jaipur, India, to 1972 [1]
- From 1972 to 1990
- R. E. Lewis, Belvedere, CA, acquired from Vijaivargiya, in 1972 [2]
- From 1990
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from R.E. Lewis in 1990
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Note 3 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Vijaivargiya
- R. E. Lewis, Inc. (active 1952-1999)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 1680
- Accession Number
- F1990.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Carbon black and pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (drawing): 18.3 × 11.2 cm (7 3/16 × 4 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Bundi, Rajasthan state, India
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- music
- woman
- ragamala
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1990.11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3253262d4-ccbb-4e02-a367-0c40e07038e7
