Reverse: eight red-vented bulbuls are perched in a blossoming tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Malhari Ragini. The ‘nayika’ sits in a roof-pavilion playing a ‘vina’ as she remembers her absent lover. An empty courtyard is in the foreground with a border of white flowers at its edge; a pastoral landscape is in the distance with a river and boats.
Reverse: eight yellow birds are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Gujari Ragini. A blue-skinned girl wearing a yellow bodice and golden skirt is seated on a couch of leaves in a landscape feeding an antelope; other animals, including peacocks, gather near her. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 20.
Reverse: eight peacocks are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verse written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree. Reproduced: Ebeling (1973), fig.111.
Desakari Ragini. A couple sit embracing on a bed beneath a red awning. There are fountains, and a carpet with cushions on the terrace in the foreground; a border of narcissus is on the near side of the terrace fence.
Reverse: eight black and white birds are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Megha Raga. The crowned and garlanded Krishna stands holding a single flower in a landscape with trees in which are perched various birds; there is a stormy sky above, heralding the advent of rain.
Reverse: eight birds are perched in, and alighting around, a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Malavi Ragini. A couple stand embracing in a chamber by a bed. There are palace buildings enclosing a garden in the centre and a hawking scene in the landscape beyond.