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521. Johnson 35,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,4
Title:
Kalyan Ragini
Scope & Content:
Kalyan Ragini. A female ascetic sits on a buck-skin outside a hut playing a ‘vina.’ She is visited by a prince who sits with his bow and arrow beside him; a gold trumpet, axe, pot and bowl are on the ground. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘rag kalyan’ and the time of day appropriate; (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

522. Johnson 35,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,6
Title:
Bhupali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bhupali Ragini. Lovers stand on a terrace at night. The man holds the girl’s hand and offers her betel nut. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘Bhupali’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘Bhupali’; (3) Hindi: ‘megh malhar ki ragini bhopali’; (4) Hindi ‘doha’ and ‘kabita’ by Har...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

523. Johnson 35,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,9
Title:
Kanada Ragini
Scope & Content:
Kanada Ragini. A courtier acclaims a prince who stands at a doorway holding a sword and a severed tusk. A slain elephant lies on the terrace in the foreground. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘kanra’; (2) Persian: ‘kanra’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag dipak ki ragini kanhra 2’; (4) Sanskrit verse (2...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

524. Johnson 36,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,7
Title:
Malavi Ragini
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

525. Johnson 36,7v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,7v
Title:
Tank with ducks
Scope & Content:
Reverse: eight grey ducks bearing Harivallabha’s Hindi verses on their bodies swim in a lotus tank; the Persian identification is written on a ninth duck which splashes in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

526. Johnson 37,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,1
Title:
Ramakali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Ramakali Ragini. A princely lover kneels at the feet of his lady who turns her face away from him while a maid and the duenna gesture in dismay. The garden door by which the lover has entered stands open on the left. .
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

527. Johnson 37,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,2
Title:
Patamanjari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Patamanjari Ragini. A girl sitting in a garden pavilion receives advice from an older confidante who gestures with her hands. There are ducks and fish in the fountain pools of the garden. Reproduced: Gangoly (1955), II, pl.CIX, fig.B. Note: This subject in related Deccani series is often ide...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

528. Johnson 37,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,6
Title:
Vasanta Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vasanta Ragini. Radha and Krishna dance on a terrace in the Spring season surrounded by girls playing music and spraying red dye through syringes to celebrate the Holi festival. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.LXXXIV; Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LX, fig.C.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

529. Johnson 37,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,7
Title:
Puraj Ragini
Scope & Content:
Ragini (unidentified). A lady sits under a full moon and starry sky with a pet parrot perched on her hand. Her companion playing on a ‘tambur’ kneels on a terrace with candles. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XL, fig.C. Note: This subject, as with no.9, is entitled ‘‘Puraj’’ ‘Ragini’ in r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

530. Johnson 37,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,9
Title:
Puraj Ragini
Scope & Content:
Ragini (unidentified). A lady seated in a garden pavilion holds a garland while a girl kneels before her tuning a’ tambur’. Two maids attend with a’ chauri’ and a tray of bottles; ‘champaka’ trees are on either side against a blue sky. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVII, fig.B. Note: Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item