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Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)circa 1850-1900

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Place Made: India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Date Made: circa 1850-1900
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (26.99 x 19.69 cm); Image: 6 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (16.03 x 9.84 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jane Greenough Green in memory of Edward Pelton Green
Accession Number: AC1999.127.27
Classification: Drawings
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: Shri Raga is the sixth raga in the in the predominant ragamala (garland of melodies) classification system generally known as the Rajasthani system. It is a melancholic melody associated with late afternoon or early evening and Winter (December-January).

The melody is envisioned here in this finally detailed painting as the blue-skinned crowned Krishna sitting with his consort Radha under an elegant textile awning on a terrace beside a white pavilion embellished with golden floral motifs. They are listening to a musical performance by a bearded musician, customarily identified as the legendary poet-saint Narada, and Tumburu, a horse-headed celestial singer and musician (gandharva). An attendant stands behind the divine couple holding an honorific peacock feather flywhisk (morchal). A lush garden blooms beyond the terrace railing. Poetic verses describing Shri Raga are inscribed in the header. See also M.70.59, M.73.59, and M.75.113.3.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Place Made: India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Date Made: circa 1850-1900
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (26.99 x 19.69 cm); Image: 6 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (16.03 x 9.84 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jane Greenough Green in memory of Edward Pelton Green
Accession Number: AC1999.127.27
Classification: Drawings
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: Shri Raga is the sixth raga in the in the predominant ragamala (garland of melodies) classification system generally known as the Rajasthani system. It is a melancholic melody associated with late afternoon or early evening and Winter (December-January).

The melody is envisioned here in this finally detailed painting as the blue-skinned crowned Krishna sitting with his consort Radha under an elegant textile awning on a terrace beside a white pavilion embellished with golden floral motifs. They are listening to a musical performance by a bearded musician, customarily identified as the legendary poet-saint Narada, and Tumburu, a horse-headed celestial singer and musician (gandharva). An attendant stands behind the divine couple holding an honorific peacock feather flywhisk (morchal). A lush garden blooms beyond the terrace railing. Poetic verses describing Shri Raga are inscribed in the header. See also M.70.59, M.73.59, and M.75.113.3.