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

Not on view
Indian ink drawing on peach paper, two horizontal registers depicting groups of women in traditional dress with one crowned male figure, fine crisp line work with Telugu script annotations

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
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (29.84 x 20.95 cm); Image: 11 1/2 x 8 in. (29.21 x 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.77.124.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes

This folio illustrates a quartet of Carnatic melodies with Telegu labels. See also its series mate M.77.124.1.

Top Left: Gandhari Ragini. A female musician holding a tambura in a landscape.

Top Right: Kumbhavati [Ragini]. A crowned man kissing a woman while fondling her attendants on a terrace.

Bottom Left: Gujjari Ragini. A noblewoman with a pet deer accepting a full bowl from her attendant and listening to a female flutist in a pavilion.

Bottom Right: Todi [Ragini]. A woman standing alone and enjoying a (missing) betel nut quid (pan) on a terrace.