Shri Raga, from the Chawand Ragamala

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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
1605 -
Geography
Chawand, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India -
Material
Opaque watercolor on paper -
Dimension
H x W (overall): 20.2 × 18.7 cm (7 15/16 × 7 3/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1991.1 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1991.1
Object Details
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Artist
Nasiruddin -
Court
Mewar Court -
School/Tradition
Rajput School -
Description
The lord wearing a red turban and white four-pointed jama, holding a flower in one hand while attending to a Saivite musician with a vina who kneels before him, and his companion behind him with a pair of hand-cymbals. Another attendant waves a cauri above the lord. Shoes and utensils are in the foreground. A tasseled canopy appears in the center of the red-walled chamber; a cupola and turrets rise against a starry sky. The border is pale yellow with a red rule and, at the top, bears the inscription. This is a page of a set of 42. -
Inscriptions
vicitra sihāsana madhya varttā kaṃtā pavitrābhiḍa[?] tītiśubhraṃkurvanu kathā nārada-tubarābhyāṃśrī rāga rāja kathitā munaṅdraiśrī rāga pūraṣa rāga 35Splendidly enthroned, of peerless beauty and lovely asthe autumn moon, he sits hearing stories from Naradaand Tumbaru. By the great sages he is called Sriraga King.[raga 35]The Sanskrit is corrupt and the meaning is inconclusive;the modified translation is given in Ebeling, Klaus.the modified translation is given in Ebeling, Klaus. -
Provenance
To 1971Doris Wiener Gallery, New York [1]From 1971 to 1991Carter Burden, New York purchased from Doris Wiener Gallery, New York in 1971 [2]1991Sale, New York, Sotheby’s, The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings, March 27, 1991, lot no. 6: “A Page from the “Chawand” Ragamala. Sri Raga: a Lord Seated on a Throne Listening to Musicians” [3]From 1991Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC purchased at auction, “The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings,” Sotheby’s, New York, March 27, 1991, lot no. 6, “A Page from the “Chawand” Ragamala. Sri Raga: a Lord Seated on a Throne Listening to Musicians” through Andrew Kahane, Ltd., Oriental Art [4]Notes:[1] See invoice from Doris Wiener Gallery, Inc., dated November 24, 1971 to Carter Burden, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1.[3] See Sotheby’s, New York auction catalogue, The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings, from the sale of March 27, 1991.[4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office. See also correspondences with Andrew Kahane, Ltd., Oriental Art in the object file, Collections Management Office. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur (November 19, 2022 to May 14, 2023)Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998)South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000) -
Previous custodian or owner
Doris Wiener GalleryCarter BurdenSotheby's (New York) -
Origin
Chawand, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Painting -
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