Unknown Maker, Indian

The Fifth Ragini of Dipak Raga

Maker

Unknown Maker, Indian

Culture

Indian

Title

The Fifth Ragini of Dipak Raga
from a Ragamala (Garland of Ragas) series

Period

Mughal

Year

1700s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Geography

Place Made: India

Dimensions

25.4 x 15.2 cm (10 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil:10.10.58 A2 [Leno?]; in a different hand, inscribed in ink verso, top center: [?]

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

58.189

Type

Exhibition History

Indian Art for the RISD Collection
Aug 23, 1985 – Mar 09, 1986

Label copy

The most distinctive feature of the Indian musical system is the codification of its many modes or ragas, each of which was intended to evoke a particular mood. Even more distinctive is the way in which these musical modes were frequently personified in illustrated poetic treatises known as ragamalas (garland of ragas) in which series of related "minor" modes are further personified as the raginis or "wives" of each raga. Shown here is the ragini Purbi (also known as Desha Varadi).

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Indian
The Fifth Ragini of Dipak Raga; from a Ragamala (Garland of Ragas) series, 1700s
opaque watercolor on paper mounted as an album page
25.4 x 15.2 cm (10 x 6 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 58.189

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