Unknown artist
Vilaval Ragini, from a Ragamala
ca. 1690-95
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 × 19.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-127693
Raga (Sanskrit, color or passion) is the term for a classical music mode, a set framework for improvisation. Having originated in the first millennium, ragas were systematized and classified during the thirteenth through sixteenth century, they were classified into ragamalas, meaning garlands of musical modes. A common system recognized six raga husbands, each "married" to five ragini wives for a…
Provenance
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Registry history
- ca. 1690-95 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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