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441. Johnson 37,25

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,25
Title:
Gauri Ragini
Scope & Content:
Gauri Ragini. A lady, looking out of the picture to the left, stands on a garden terrace holding two sprays of flowers. Identified in Persian as ‘Bhairava Raga’ on a label which has been attached, apparently in error, to the reverse of the border: ‘rag-i avval bhairon vaqt-i sih 3 kahari(?).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

442. Johnson 37,26

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,26
Title:
Syam Kalyan Ragini
Scope & Content:
Syam Kalyan Ragini. An attendant brings a lamp to her lady, shading the flame with one hand. The lady is sitting with a garland around her neck. There are buildings on either side in mirror image of one another. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CIX, fig.D.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

443. Johnson 37,27

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,27
Title:
Sugrai Ragini
Scope & Content:
Sugrai Ragini. Two lovers walk arm in arm through a garden, towards a bed which is being prepared in a pavilion by a maid. The man holds a garland and the lady indicates the bed with her hand. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXX, fig.B. Note: This subject in Rajasthani sets would be iden...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

444. Johnson 37,28

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,28
Title:
Bangali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bangali Ragini. The ‘ragini’ figure crouches in worship before a shrine to Siva with a lioness lying behind her beside a burning candle. She is in a courtyard overlooked by a balcony. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVI, fig.D. Note: Other Hyderabad sets supply this subject with the title...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

445. Johnson 37,29

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,29
Title:
Dipaka Raga
Scope & Content:
Dipaka Raga. A prince, with flames burning from his forehead and turban, sits by candlelight with his lady on a ‘chauki.’ They are listening to two girls playing a ‘mridanga’ and cymbals. Reproduced: Coomaraswamy (1916), pl.XIII; Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XLI fig.C.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

446. Johnson 37,30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,30
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. Two female ascetics in a landscape. One is playing a snake-charmer’s pipe which is attracting snakes around her, and the other, with a dog at her feet, embraces a tree while holding a fan and a crutch. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXII, fig.D.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

447. Johnson 37,31

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,31
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. An aged male ascetic sits on a tiger-skin under a banyan tree outside a cave, fanned by a disciple with a ‘morchal.’ A second disciple reads in the foregound and three women with a child stand in veneration on the right. In the distance is a town with a church.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

448. Johnson 37,32

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,32
Title:
Madhumadhavi Ragini
Scope & Content:
Madhumadhavi Ragini. A girl runs indoors into the arms of a duenna leaving her slippers on the terrace in her haste. The storm breaks as lightning strikes and rain begins to fall. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXXIII, fig.B. Note: This subject in related Deccani series is often identif...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

449. Johnson 37,33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,33
Title:
Gormalar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Gormalar Ragini. A girl dressed in a leaf skirt is sitting on a lotus pad on an island in a lotus pond, holding a bow and arrow. There is a town in the distance and rain is falling from the clouds above. Identified in Persian as ‘Bhairavi Ragini’ on a label which has been attached, apparently...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

450. Johnson 37,34

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,34
Title:
Khambhavati Ragini
Scope & Content:
Khambhavati Ragini. A lady kneels in worship before Brahma who is seated on a throne holding a book and an arrow. An attendant girl stands holding a dish. Note: This subject in related Deccani series is often identified as ‘‘Khambaj’ Ragini.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item