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A lady and a bull, illustrating the musical mode Bhairavi Raginifront

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A lady and a bull, illustrating the musical mode Bhairavi Ragini

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  • Description

    The musical mode Bhairavi is visualised as a noble lady seated in a palace chamber stroking the muzzle of a white brahman bull, which is captivated and subdued by her presence. A maid standing in the half-open doorway behind makes a gesture of wonderment.

  • Details

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    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    Basohli (probable place of creation)
    Nurpur (possible place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1680
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 29.1 x 29 x 1.5 cm (length x width x depth)
    painting 21 x 21 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    paper
    Technique index
    painted,
    painted,
    painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    calligraphy,
    ragamala
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.86

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 55 on p. 134, pp. 18, 19, 130, 136, & 138, illus. p. 135

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Ragini

Past Exhibition

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