Object number1976.63.7
Asavari Ragini
Portfolio/Seriesfrom a Ragamala series
Datec. 1820
Artist
Currently Unidentified
CultureIndian [Northern]
MediumOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 11 7/16 x 7 3/4 in. (29 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Pitt (Juliet Thompson, class of 1922)
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c (British Colonial period)
Classification(s)
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryIndia in Miniature: Works from the Permanent Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 24 - April 23, 2017DescriptionA woman sits in an open landscape playing a pungi while two women flank her holding snakes. The women wear beautifully patterned garments and veils and are adorned with jewelry. More snakes approach the seated musician, slithering across the ground towards her. In the background are grasses and a line of trees. The scene is surrounded by floral borders and an inscription at the top of the page. The work is an illustration to the musical phrase Asavari Ragini, generally played in the early morning, it is reminiscent of a snake charmer’s melody and evokes a sense of melancholy felt in the separation of a lover from their beloved.
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John Flaxman
1791
Culture: British
