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Four Melodies from a Carnatic Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)early 19th century

Not on view
Ink drawing on salmon-toned paper with two stacked registers, each depicting multiple South Asian figures in architectural and garden settings, with inscriptions in a South Indian script

Unknown, Four Melodies from a Carnatic Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Four Melodies from a Carnatic Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Place Made
India, Karnataka, Bijapur (?)
Date Made
early 19th century
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (29.21 x 20.95 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.77.124.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes

This folio illustrates a quartet of Carnatic melodies. See also ts series mate M.77.124.2.

Top Left: Malayala Gauli Ragamu. An enthroned crowned man enjoying a betel nut quid (pan) listens to a female flutist in a pavilion.

Top Right: Ananda Bhairavam. A crowned man leaning against a bolster is enjoying a betel nut quid on a terrace.

Bottom Left: Kalyani Ragamu. A woman holding a parrot and a palm-leaf manuscript sits in front of a Shivalinga shrine in a landscape.

Bottom Right Sankarabharanamu. A crowned couple sit together beside a domed birdcage in a pavilion.