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Add Or 348-355
- Record Id:
- 032-003272124
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272124
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0009e8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 348-355
- Title:
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Add.Or.348-355 Eight illustrations from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased March 1958. Inscribed with identifications in Urdu, writte ...
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Add.Or.348-355
Eight illustrations from a ‘ragamala’ series.
Murshidabad, c.1760.
Purchased March 1958.
Inscribed with identifications in Urdu, written on slips of paper pasted on the reverse (in most cases misplaced).
Gouache with gold; on album pages with pink, blue and plain borders sprinkled with gold.
Page 415 by 310 mm.
Note: These illustrations are in a Murshidabad style which relates very closely to the illustrations of the Impey series (Add.Or.4-7, etc.). The three pictures which coincide in the two series are ‘Vibhasa Ragini, Gauri Ragini’ and ‘Megha Raga,’ and in each case almost identical compositions have been used. Comparison reveals that this series is the more florid of the two, with inclusion of more intricate details.
The Urdu identifications are confused. They do not relate to the pictures in most cases, and the same ‘ragamala’ inscriptions have been applied incorrectly to pictures from the same album which are not even ‘ragamala’ illustrations (Add.Or.356-7). However, by comparison with the Impey series it is clear that the arrangement of the complete set was according to Hanuman’s system.
These miniatures with Add.Or.356-7 formed part of an album which was divided with the Victoria and Albert Museum (I.S.15-19, 1958, ‘see’ Whitechapel (1979), nos.75-76).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272124
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add Or 348 : Vibhasa Ragini
Add Or 349 : Malavi Ragini
Add Or 350 : Gauri Ragini
Add Or 351 : Megha Raga
Add Or 352 : Bhairavi Ragini
Add Or 353 : Kanada Ragini
Add Or 354 : Bhairava Raga
Add Or 355 : Gujari Ragini
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- 032-003272124
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 8 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1759
- End Date:
- 1761
- Date Range:
- 1759-1761
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)